1. Indicating an option or wish 
2. Relating to a mood of verbs in some languages
   "optative verb endings"

1. A mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
   - optative mood

Derived forms: optatives

See also: opt, option

Type of: modality, mode, mood

Encyclopedia: Optative

• composition
• composition board
• compositional
• compositor
• compositor's case
• compost
• compost heap
• compost pile
• composure
• compote
• compound
• compound eye
• compound fraction
• compound fracture
• compound interest
• compound leaf
• compound lens
• compound lever
• compound microscope
• compound morphology
• compound number
• compound pendulum
• compound pistil
• compound protein
• compound sentence