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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[L.

optatus

, p. p. of

optare

To choose; to wish for; to desire.

[Obs.]

Cotgrave.

optate ‎(third-person singular simple present optates, present participle optating, simple past and past participle optated)

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

optāte