Optative

op'ta-tiv, a. Expre ing desire or wish. — n. (Gram.) A mode of the verb expre ing desire. [F. optatif, L. optativus, optare, -tatwn, to wish; L. apisci, Skr. ap, to obtain, E. adopt, apt, adept, inept, opinion, opulent.'] — Op'tion, -shun, n. Power of choosing; right of choice exercise of the power of choice; election preference power of wishing wish. (Stock Exchange.) Liberty of selling or of buying stock at a certain price, and at a given future time; time allowed to either buyer or seller for the delivery of stock. [F. L. optio, optare.]— Optional, a. Left to one's wish; depending on choice; involving an option, or power of choice.— Op'timate, -tt-mat, n. A nobleman a chief man in a state or city. [L. optimas, optimatis, pi. optimates, the adherence of the best men, the aristocrats, grandees, optimus, best, orig. choice, f optio.] — Op'tim a- — cy, -ma-si, n. The body of nobles the nobility. Op'time, -tT-me, n. One of those who stand in the 2d rank of honors, in the University of Cambridge, Eng. — Op'timism, -mizm, n. The doctrine that everything in nature is ordered for the best. — Op'- timist, n. One who holds, etc.