precative

P3R1E1C3A1T1I1V4E1

adjective

Resembling or pertaining to an entreaty.

Similar
precatorybeseechingpleadingimploring
OriginLatin precativus →
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Meanings

adjectiveprecative (comparative more precative, superlative most precative)

comparative more precative · superlative most precative

  1. Resembling or pertaining to an entreaty.
nounprecative (plural precatives)

plural precatives

  1. grammarMode expressing a wish, a prayer.

    The precative expresses a wish (may...!); it is formed by preposing the particle lu to the stative or the preterite.

    2002, Richard Caplice, Introduction to Akkadian

    Synonyms: precatory

Synonyms & antonyms

nounMode expressing a wish, a prayer.

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precatory

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveexpressing entreaty or supplication

Similar
precatorybeseechingpleadingimploring
Also see
precatory

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinprecativus“of prayer”
  2. Englishprecative

From Latin precativus (“of prayer”), derived from precatio (“prayer”).

More words from Latin

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Translations

French précatif
  • précatifmode expressing a wish
Hungarian precativus, kedveskedő igemód
  • precativusmode expressing a wish
  • kedveskedő igemódmode expressing a wish
Latin precātīvus
  • precātīvusmode expressing a wish

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

preactiverecaptive
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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