optatev.

Brit.

/ˈɒpteɪt/, U.S.

/ˈɑpteɪt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin optāt-, optāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin optāt-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix³) of optāre to choose, wish, desire, frequentative of an unattested verb < the same base as Umbrian opeter chosen, Oscan ufteis desire, choice. Compare earlier optation n., and later opt v.

rare before late 19th cent. Now literary.

intransitive. To choose, to opt.In quot. 1985 humorously pedantic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > exercise choice [verb (intransitive)]

choosec1175

walec1400

willc1405

to be one's own carver1578

to take one's choice1588

optate1611

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Opter, to chuse, optate, elect.

1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Wks. (1737) v. 231 O most infaust who optates there to live!

1895 Tablet 28 Dec. 1029 He optated for this title in exchange for that of San Callisto at the recent public Consistory.

1919 W. H. Dawson German Empire, 1867–1914 50 According to the Peace of Frankfort all who ‘optated’ for France were required to leave the country within a specified period.

1985 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 9 Sept. Your segacious [sic] predilections may be optated via the curtate order card. Return it at a felicitous occasion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	optate
释义	optatev. Brit. /ˈɒpteɪt/, U.S. /ˈɑpteɪt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin optāt-, optāre. Etymology: < classical Latin optāt-, past participial stem (compare -ate suffix³) of optāre to choose, wish, desire, frequentative of an unattested verb < the same base as Umbrian opeter chosen, Oscan ufteis desire, choice. Compare earlier optation n., and later opt v. rare before late 19th cent. Now literary. intransitive. To choose, to opt.In quot. 1985 humorously pedantic. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > exercise choice [verb (intransitive)] choosec1175 walec1400 willc1405 to be one's own carver1578 to take one's choice1588 optate1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Opter, to chuse, optate, elect. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Wks. (1737) v. 231 O most infaust who optates there to live! 1895 Tablet 28 Dec. 1029 He optated for this title in exchange for that of San Callisto at the recent public Consistory. 1919 W. H. Dawson German Empire, 1867–1914 50 According to the Peace of Frankfort all who ‘optated’ for France were required to leave the country within a specified period. 1985 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 9 Sept. Your segacious [sic] predilections may be optated via the curtate order card. Return it at a felicitous occasion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1611
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