Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to optate
Participle: optated
Gerund: optating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | optate |
| you | optate |
| he;she;it | optates |
| we | optate |
| you | optate |
| they | optate |
Perfect
| I | have optated |
| you | have optated |
| he;she;it | has optated |
| we | have optated |
| you | have optated |
| they | have optated |
Past
| I | optated |
| you | optated |
| he;she;it | optated |
| we | optated |
| you | optated |
| they | optated |
Pluperfect
| I | had optated |
| you | had optated |
| he;she;it | had optated |
| we | had optated |
| you | had optated |
| they | had optated |
Future
| I | will optate |
| you | will optate |
| he;she;it | will optate |
| we | will optate |
| you | will optate |
| they | will optate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have optated |
| you | will have optated |
| he;she;it | will have optated |
| we | will have optated |
| you | will have optated |
| they | will have optated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | optate |
| you | optate |
| he;she;it | optate |
| we | optate |
| you | optate |
| they | optate |
Perfect
| I | have optated |
| you | have optated |
| he;she;it | have optated |
| we | have optated |
| you | have optated |
| they | have optated |
Imperfect
| I | optated |
| you | optated |
| he;she;it | optated |
| we | optated |
| you | optated |
| they | optated |
Pluperfect
| I | had optated |
| you | had optated |
| he;she;it | had optated |
| we | had optated |
| you | had optated |
| they | had optated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would optate |
| you | would optate |
| he;she;it | would optate |
| we | would optate |
| you | would optate |
| they | would optate |
Perfect
| I | would have optated |
| you | would have optated |
| he;she;it | would have optated |
| we | would have optated |
| you | would have optated |
| they | would have optated |
Imperative
| you | optate |
| we | Let's optate |
| you | optate |
Verbs conjugated like 'optate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'optate'
aptate,
opiate,
coaptate,
cooptate,
estate,
mutate,
notate,
nutate,
oblate,
opacate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1611; borrowed from Latin optātus, perfect passive participle of optō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of opt.
Sample Sentences
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While we, alas! must still obambulate, Sequacious of the court and courtier's fate : O most infaust who optates there to live! An aulic life no solid joys can give. [1989, François Rabelais, “An Epistle by Pantagruel's Limosin”, in The Complete Works of Doctor François Rabelais:]