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Noun: optative mood
  1. (Sanskrit) a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
    "In Ancient Greek, 'May he live!' would use the optative mood";
    - optative

Derived forms: optative moods

Type of: modality, mode, mood

Encyclopedia: Optative mood