desiderative

American  

[dih-sid-er-uh-tiv, -uh-rey-tiv] / dɪˈsɪd ər ə tɪv, -əˌreɪ tɪv /

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 pi-patiṣ-ati “he wishes to fly” from pát-ati, “he flies.”

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noun

1. Grammar. a desiderative verb.

desiderative British  

/ dɪˈzɪdərətɪv /

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

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noun

1. a desiderative verb

Etymology

Origin of desiderative

From the Late Latin word dēsīderātīvus, dating back to 1545–55. See desiderate, -ive

Example Sentences

How to satisfy these desiderative actions is a problem for the understanding, whence it follows that successful satisfaction, intelligent or unintelligent, may vary in every possible degree.

From Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students by Gross, Hans Gustav Adolf

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.

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

The word 'jijñâsâ' is a desiderative formation meaning 'desire to know.'

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George

Mixed, Eluyeabuli, if I should have to give The optative is formed of the subjunctive, or of the two mixed-tenses of the indicative, by adding the desiderative particles velem, uel, or chi; as eluli velem!

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert