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The answer OPTATIVE has 3 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of optative in various dictionaries:
noun - a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope
adj - indicating an option or wish
adj - relating to a mood of verb s in some languages
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| Mood of the wishful thinker in Greece |
| Expressing desire, top kinky musical making a comeback |
| Expressing a desire to choose musical to return |
| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Nov 23 2016 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
| Jan 1 2010 The Telegraph - Toughie |
| Aug 14 2001 The Times - Cryptic |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| relating to or denoting a mood of verbs in Greek and certain other languages, expressing a wish, equivalent in meaning to English ilet'si or iif onlyi. |
| a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope expressed in English by modal verbs |
| relating to a mood of verbs in some languages |
| indicating an option or wish |
| Expressing a wish or choice. |
| Grammar Of, relating to, or being a mood of verbs in some languages, such as Greek, used to express a wish. |
| Grammar Designating a statement using a verb in the subjunctive mood to indicate a wish or desire, as in Had I the means, I would do it. |
| Grammar The optative mood. |
| Grammar A verb or an expression in the optative mood. |
| Optative description |
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The optative mood or (abbreviated OPT) is a grammatical mood that indicates a wish or hope. It is similar to the cohortative mood, and is closely related to the subjunctive mood. * English has no morphological optative, but there are various constructions which impute an optative meaning. One uses the modal verb may, e.g. May you have a long life! Another uses the phrase if only with a verb in the past or past subjunctive, e.g. If only I were rich! Another uses the present subjunctive, e.g. God save the Queen! * Examples of languages with a morphological optative mood are Ancient Greek, Albanian, Armenian, Georgian, Friulian, Kazakh, Kurdish, Navajo, Old Prussian, Old Persian, Sanskrit, Turkish, and Yup'ik. |