Usually means: Expresses wish or desire grammatically.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word desiderative:

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  1. desiderative: Merriam-Webster
  2. desiderative: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. desiderative: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. desiderative: Collins English Dictionary
  5. desiderative: Wordnik
  6. desiderative: Wiktionary
  7. desiderative: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Desiderative, desiderative: Dictionary.com
  9. Desiderative: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Desiderative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. desiderative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Desiderative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. desiderative: FreeDictionary.org
  14. desiderative: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See desiderate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (desiderative)

adjective:  Having or indicating wish or desire.
adjective:  (grammar) Of a verb expressing a wish.
noun:  (linguistics, grammar) A verbal mood that has the meaning of “wanting to do something”, found in languages such as Ancient Greek and Sanskrit; the optative.

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