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单词 volitive
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volitiveadj.n.

Brit. /ˈvɒlᵻtɪv/, U.S. /ˈvɑlədɪv/
Forms: Also 1600s volutive.
Etymology: < medieval or modern Latin *volitivus (whence Italian volitivo , Spanish volitivo ), or < volit- (in volition n.) + -ive suffix.
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).
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