Middle English Dictionary Entry
optā̆tī̆f n.
Entry Info
| Forms | optā̆tī̆f n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Gram. The optative mood.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)110 : How knowyst the optatyf? That at wyllyth or desyryth, as god wolde that I were a good man.