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Webster 1913 Edition
Optional
Op′tion-al
,Adj.
Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one’s discretion or choice; allowed but not compulsory;
– as,
optional
studies; it is optional
with you to go or stay. Noun.
See
Elective
, Noun.
If to the former the movement was not
optional
, it was the same that the latter chose when it was optional
. Palfrey.
Original writs are either
optional
or peremptory. Blackstone.
Webster 1828 Edition
Optional
OP'TIONAL
, a.1.
Left to one's wish or choice; depending on choice or preference. It is optional with you to go or stay.2.
Leaving something to choice.Original writs are either optional or peremptory.