jussive

Meanings

1. The jussive mood, a verb inflection used to indicate a command, permission or agreement with a request; an instance of a verb so inflected.
2. A verbal mood of vague or miscellaneous senses, occurring after some particles and in conditional clauses.

1. Of or in the jussive mood.

Etymology

From Latin jussus, perfect participle of jubeō (“to order, command”). Related to Latin iūs (“law, order”). Latin juss- + -ive.