'Precative' definitions:
Definition of 'precative'
From: WordNet
adjective
Expressing entreaty or supplication; "precatory overtures" [syn: precatory, precative]
Definition of 'Precative'
From: GCIDE
- Precative \Prec"a*tive\, Precatory \Prec"a*to*ry\, a. [L. precativus, precatorius, fr. precari to pray. See Precarious.] Suppliant; beseeching. --Bp. Hopkins. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'precative'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjuratory,
- adorant,
- adoring,
- appealing,
- begging,
- beseeching,
- cadging,
- devotional,
- devout,
- entreating,
- imploring,
- in the dust,
- mendicant,
- mooching,
- on bended knee,
- petitionary,
- pleading,
- prayerful,
- precatory,
- prostrate before,
- reverent,
- reverential,
- scrounging,
- solemn,
- suppliant,
- supplicant,
- supplicating,
- supplicatory,
- venerational,
- venerative,
- worshipful,
- worshiping