volitive

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining the will or volition.
2. In the volitive; expressing a wish.

1. A verb form found in certain languages which indicates that a certain action is willed, although it may not be performed in fact.
2. A specific volitive form of a verb.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin volitivus (from volo (“want”) + -ivus), a Scholastic translation of the Ancient Greek θελητικός (thelētikós), from θέλησις (thélēsis, “a will, a willing”).