† eˈxopt,v.Obs.rare—1. [ad. L. exopt-āre, f.ex-(see ex- prefix1) + optāre to wish.] trans. To wish or desire greatly. 1548Forrest Pleas. Poesye 66 a, [‘The goods of the world’ induce] the soone withe the father also to mache, By vttre diffiaunce his deathe to exopte.