| 单词 | precative |
| 释义 | precative, a.|ˈprɛkətɪv|
[ad. late L. precātīv-us, f. precārī to entreat, pray: see -ative.]
a. Expressing entreaty or desire; supplicatory.
In Gram. applied to a word, particle, or form, expressing entreaty, or the like.
1662W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. verse 18. i. li. (1669) 415/1, I begin with the Petitionary part of prayer, and it is three-fold, Precative, Deprecative, Imprecative. 1751Harris Hermes i. viii. (1765) 144 The Requisitive..hath its subordinate Species: With respect to inferiors, 'tis an Imperative Mode; with respect to equals and superiors, 'tis a Precative or Optative. 1845[see adhortative a.]. 1872O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms 5 It is a matter of controversy whether the indicative or the precative form of absolution was the earliest. 1899Brown Heb. & Eng. Lex. 609 אנ attached..to the pf. with waw consec., in a precative sense. 1965Language XLI. 12 Jeṣam and yeṣam represent full-grade precatives. Ibid. 520 A precative middle paradigm is given, but nothing is said about how middle precatives are formed.
b. precative disposition: cf. precatory b.
1875Poste Gaius ii. Comm. (ed. 2) 287 A precative disposition (a disposition in the form of entreaty) is a trust.
Hence ˈprecatively adv., in a precative manner.
1869J. A. Hessey in Contemp. Rev. XI. 180 Sung, pronounced, or uttered precatively or authoritatively. |
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