单词 | volitive |
释义 | volitiveadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of or pertaining to the will; volitional. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > [adjective] animala1400 willya1500 volitive1660 volitional1817 voluntive1832 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. i. i. Rule 2 §4 The Volitive or chusing faculty cannot [take the name of conscience], but the intellectual may. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 29 The Command that is given by the volitive Faculty of the Soul. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV ii. 359 The ordinate and actual power of God..which some terme Gods Volutive Power. 1799 H. Davy in T. Beddoes Contrib. Physical & Med. Knowl. 139 The perceptive and volitive powers depend..on the constant supply of..phosoxydated blood to the nervous and muscular systems. 1811–31 J. Bentham Logic in Wks. (1843) VIII. 280 The volitional, or volitive faculty, or, in one word, the will. 1878 W. Maccall tr. Letourneau Biol. 386 In effect the deep cells of the cortical layers are motory, or rather volitive. 2. Originating in, arising from, the will. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > [adjective] > arising from the will volitive1675 thelematica1832 volitional1859 volitionary1890 1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. ii. 32 So that no man ever sinned by meer Action as such, whether Vital, Intellectual, or Volitive. 3. Performed deliberately or with express intention; designed, deliberate. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [adjective] > performed with intention bethoughtc1200 expressa1400 wilfula1400 purposedc1422 purpensed1436 malice prepensed1454 aforethought1472 studiedc1475 setc1485 voluntary1495 deliberate?1527 willing1550 witting1553 propensed1560 fore-intendeda1586 affected1586 designed1586 determinate1586 intended1592 deliberated1594 uncasual1614 recollecteda1616 resolved1624 industriousa1628 intentionate1631 pre-intended1636 advised1642 malice prepense1647 sedentary1647 propense1650 consultive1651 (crime, evil, etc.) of forethought1692 conscious1726 intentionala1729 systematic1746 studious1750 systematical1750 prepensive1752 advertent1832 self-conscious1832 volitive1839 designful1852 purposeful1853 purposive1864 thought-controlled1926 1839 J. Rogers Antipopopriestian ii. 321 [The clergy's] intentional barbarity and cruelty, their volitive despotism and oppression, their willed persecution..in reference to Luther and the like. 4. Grammar. Expressive of a wish or desire; desiderative. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [adjective] > optative or desiderative optativec1400 desiderative1552 preparative1552 meditative1755 benedictive1841 volitive1846 voluntative1870 1846 M. Williams Elem. Gram. Sanscrit vi. 129 Certain roots..take a desiderative form, without exactly yielding a volitive signification. 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) A volitive proposition. 1894 W. G. Hale in Classical Rev. Apr. 167/2 The Greek..Subjunctives of Will (volitive) and..of Anticipation (anticipatory or prospective). B. n. A desiderative verb, mood, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [noun] > optative or desiderative optativec1450 yearning1522 volitive1823 1823 D. Scot Murray's Hist. European Langs. II. 280 Volitives or desideratives..are formed by using the future consignificative sa with the doubled verb. 1894 W. G. Hale in Classical Rev. Apr. 167/2 The volitives never have ἄν. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1660 |
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