| optatio |
| op-ta'-ti-o | Lat. "hoping for, wishing" |
| oeonismus | |
| wishing | |
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Expressing a wish, often ardently. | |
| Examples | ||
| O that thou
hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river,
and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea. —Isaiah 48:18 Shylock: Why, look you how you storm! / I would be friends with you,
and have your love. |
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| Sources: | Peacham (1577) K4v | |
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