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i. [Fr. opter, from Lat. opto =to wish, to desire.] To choose, to decide. "Alsatians who have not opted for French nationality." -Pall Mall Gazette . *opt-a-ble, a . [Latin optabilis , from opto =to wish, to desire.] To be wished for; desirable. *õp-tāte, v . t . [Lat. optatus , pa. par. of opto = to wish, to desire. To wish for; to desire. *õp-tā-tion, s . [Lat. optatio , from optatus , pa. par. of opto to wish, to desire.] A desiring; a wishing for anything; the expre ion of a wish. "To this belong optation , obtestation, interrogation." -Peacham .