voluntativeadj.n.
A. adj.† 1. (See quot. 1656.) Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Voluntative, that proceeds from the Will, wilfull, or full of desire.
2. Hebrew Grammar. Of a verbal form: Expressive of a desire; desiderative.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [adjective] > optative or desiderative
optativec1400
desiderative1552
preparative1552
meditative1755
benedictive1841
volitive1846
voluntative1870
1870 W. H. Green tr. O. Zöckler Song of Solomon 116/2 in P. Schaff et al. tr. J. P. Lange et al. Comm. Holy Script.: O. T. X The following voluntative or jussive future.
3. Having the ability to act or accomplish at will; voluntary.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > [adjective] > having the faculty of will
voluntary1593
willing1600
volitional1827
voluntative1883
1883 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 4 425 The simple solution seems to be that the conditioning of a purpose destroys its absolute voluntative power.
B. n.
Hebrew Grammar. A verbal form expressive of a desire to do the action denoted by the verb; a desiderative.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > desiderative verb
meditative1612
desiderative1751
voluntative1870
1870 J. F. Smith Ewald's Introd. Hebr. Gram. 160 The voluntative, or the expression of the desire that something may be, arises from the imperf. [etc.].
1874 A. B. Davidson Introd. Hebrew Gram. 50 By some grammarians this form is called Cohortative; others embrace both the long and short forms under the name voluntative.
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