optation en · NOUN
Etymology
From Latin optatio. See option.
Meanings
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A wish; a desire.
1577, Henry Peacham, The Garden of Eloquence To this belong — optation, obtestation, interrogation.
whilst they murmur against the present disposure of things, regulating determined realities unto their private optations, they rest not in their established natures
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| optations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |