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Definition of Optatively

Optatively
Optatively Op"ta*tive*ly, adv. In an optative manner; with the expression of desire. [R.] God blesseth man imperatively, and man blesseth God optatively. --Bp. Hall.

Meaning of Optatively from wikipedia

- The optative mood (/ˈɒptətɪv/ or /ɒpˈteɪtɪv/; abbreviated OPT) is a grammatical mood that indicates a wish or hope regarding a given action. It is a su****t...
- The optative mood (/ˈɒptətɪv/ or /ɒpˈteɪtɪv/; Ancient Gr**** [ἔγκλισις] εὐκτική, [énklisis] euktikḗ, "[inflection] for wishing", Latin optātīvus [modus]...
- uses the imperfect. A wish about the ****ure uses the optative with or without a particle; an optative of wish may be unattainable. The aorist indicative...
- Indo-European languages, had two closely related moods: the subjunctive and the optative. Many of its daughter languages combined or merged these moods. In Indo-European...
- Ancient Gr**** verbs have four moods (indicative, imperative, subjunctive and optative), three voices (active, middle and p****ive), as well as three persons (first...
- moods are indicative, interrogative, imperative, subjunctive, ****ctive, optative, and potential. These are all finite forms of the verb. Infinitives, gerunds...
- plural). Verbs have four moods (indicative, imperative, subjunctive, and optative) and three voices (active, middle, and p****ive), as well as three persons...
- help". The optative mood expresses hopes, wishes or commands. Other uses may overlap with the subjunctive mood. Few languages have an optative as a distinct...
- examples: May he live a hundred years! (optative) Sing! (imperative) Let's sing! (hortative) (1) illustrates an optative. It expresses a wish or hope of the...
- infinitive, the synthetically-formed ****ure, and perfect tenses and the optative mood. Many have been replaced by periphrastic (analytical) forms. Pronouns...