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Meaning of optation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A wish; a desire.

countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Français optation

Examples

“whilst they murmur against the present disposure of things, regulating determined realities unto their private optations, they rest not in their established natures”
“1577, Henry Peacham, The Garden of Eloquence To this belong — optation, obtestation, interrogation.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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