optate
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/ɒpˈteɪt/
Definition of optate
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(literary, rare)To choose, settle on, opt.
“While we, alas! must still obambulate, Sequacious of the court and courtier's fate : O most infaust who optates there to live! An aulic life no solid joys can give.”
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Etymology
First attested in 1611; borrowed from Latin optātus, perfect passive participle of optō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of opt.
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