"optate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɒpˈteɪt/ Forms: optates [present, singular, third-person], optating [participle, present], optated [participle, past], optated [past]
Etymology: From Latin optatus, past participle of optare. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} optate (third-person singular simple present optates, present participle optating, simple past and past participle optated)
  1. (obsolete) To choose; to wish for; to desire. Tags: obsolete

Inflected forms

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        "(obsolete) To choose; to wish for; to desire."
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