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Optative mood (Gram.), that mood or
form of a verb, as in Greek, Sanskrit, etc., in which a wish or
desire is expressed.

Op"ta*tive, n. [Cf. F.
optatif.]

1. Something to be desired. [R.]
Bacon.

2. (Gram.) The optative mood; also, a
verb in the optative mood.

Op"ta*tive*ly, adv. In an optative
manner; with the expression of desire. [R.]

God blesseth man imperatively, and man blesseth God
optatively.

Op"tic (?), n. [From Optic,
a.] 1. The organ of sight; an
eye.

The difference is as great between

The optics seeing, as the object seen.

2. An eyeglass. [Obs.]
Herbert.

{ Op"tic (?), Op"tic*al (?), }
a. [F. optique, Gr. &?;; akin to &?; sight,
&?; I have seen, &?; I shall see, and to &?; the two eyes, &?; face,
L.


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