单词 | petitive |
释义 | petitiveadj. Of, relating to, or expressing a desire. Cf. precative adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [adjective] requisitory1447 petitional?1525 petitionary1579 requisitorial1716 requisition1794 petitive1923 society > faith > worship > prayer > [adjective] deprecant1624 orational1889 petitive1923 1923 J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist vii. 297 Although the value of prayer persists in so far as it is meditative and a self-purification of the mind, yet its commonly accepted petitive value must fall to the ground. 1964 E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Translating ix. 201 Mode (or mood), which defines the psychological background of the action, involves principally such categories as possibility..necessity..and desire (desiderative, optative, and petitive). 1977 Maledicta Summer 33 The more active attitude of seeking or desiring we call petitive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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