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desiderative

[ dih-sid-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv ]

adjective

  1. having or expressing desire.
  2. Grammar. (of a verb derived from another verb) expressing desire to perform the action denoted by the underlying verb, as Sanskrit ±è¾±-±è²¹³Ù¾±á¹£-²¹³Ù¾± “he wishes to fly†from ±èá³Ù-²¹³Ù¾±, “he flies.â€


noun

  1. Grammar. a desiderative verb.

desiderative

/ »åɪˈ³úɪ»åÉ™°ùÉ™³Ùɪ±¹ /

adjective

  1. feeling or expressing desire
  2. (in certain languages, of a verb) related in form to another verb and expressing the subject's desire or intention to perform the act denoted by the other verb
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a desiderative verb
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of desiderative1

From the Late Latin word »åŧ²õÄ«»å±ð°ùÄå³ÙÄ«±¹³Ü²õ, dating back to 1545–55. See desiderate, -ive
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Example Sentences

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There are several moods, most not native in English – the desiderative, the optative, and the propositive – which may offer a solution.

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How late some of these new formations were may be seen in Greek, where the Homeric poems are still ignorant of the weak future passive, the optative future, and the aspirated perfect, and where the strong future passive occurs but once and the desiderative but twice.

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Desid′erative, implying desire, as in desiderative verb.—n.

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Noteworthy is the desiderative compound formed by adding the root cÄh, wish, to the dative of a verbal noun.

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Luxus denotes luxury as an act or as a condition, and sometimes even objectively, as an object of luxury; whereas luxuria, always subjectively, as a propensity and disposition, as the desiderative of luxus.

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