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English
Etymology
From Latin optatus, past participle of optare.
Pronunciation
Verb
optate (third-person singular simple present optates, present participle optating, simple past and past participle optated)
- (obsolete) To choose; to wish for; to desire.
1989, François Rabelais, “An Epistle by Pantagruel's Limosin”, in The Complete Works of Doctor François Rabelais:While we, alas! must still obambulate, Sequacious of the court and courtier's fate : O most infaust who optates there to live! An aulic life no solid joys can give.
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Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
optate
- inflection of optare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
optate f pl
- feminine plural of optato
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
optāte
- vocative masculine singular of optātus
Spanish
Verb
optate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of optar combined with te