OP'TATIVE, adjective [Latin optativus, from opto, to desire or wish.]
Expressing desire or wish. The optative mode, in grammar, is that form of the verb in which wish or desire is expressed.
OP'TATIVE, noun Something to be desired. [Little used.]
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.