Definition of Precateve
{ Prec"a*tive (?), Prec"a*to*ry (?), }
a. [L. precativus, precatorius, fr.
precari to pray. See Precarious.] Suppliant;
beseeching. Bp. Hopkins.
Precatory words (Law), words of
recommendation, request, entreaty, wish, or expectation, employed in
wills, as distinguished from express directions; -- in some
cases creating a trust. Jarman.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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