optative
/ˈɒptətɪv/
adj 2noun 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
hard
OPTATIVE + NOUN
retirement
PREP.
from, in
ADV.
then
Definitions
adj
1
Expressing a wish or a choice.
an optative blessing
[…] then, in the optative retirement from hard science that building and opening a U.S.T.A-accredited and pedagogically experimental tennis academy apparently represented for him […]
2
Related or pertaining to the optative mood.
noun
1
A mood of verbs found in some languages (e.g. Sanskrit, Old Prussian, Tamil, and Ancient Greek, but not English), used to express a wish.
2
A verb or expression in the optative mood.
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an optative blessing
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[…] then, in the optative retirement from hard science that building and opening a U.S.T.A-accredited and pedagogically experimental tennis academy apparently represented for him […]
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