precative

== English == === Etymology === From Latin precativus (“of prayer”), derived from precatio (“prayer”). === Adjective === precative (comparative more precative, superlative most precative) Resembling or pertaining to an entreaty. ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === precative (plural precatives) (grammar) Mode expressing a wish, a prayer. ==== Synonyms ==== precatory ==== Related terms ==== precation ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === preactive, recaptive == Latin == === Etymology === From precātīvus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prɛ.kaːˈtiː.weː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pre.kaˈtiː.ve] === Adverb === precātīvē (comparative precātīvius, superlative precātīvissimē) (Late Latin) by prayer; by request === References === “precative”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “precative”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.