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

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

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

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

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