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precatory

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Adj — Showing a hope or desire for something.

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1. adj

Showing a hope or desire for something.

precative

2. adj

(law) Showing a wish, without placing any legal duty on anyone.

“precatory words in a will”

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Etymology

Taken from Late Latin precatorius, from Latin precari (“to pray”).

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