Volitive

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Volitive \Vol"i*tive\, a. [See {Volition}.]
     1. Of or pertaining to the will; originating in the will;
        having the power to will. "They not only perfect the
        intellectual faculty, but the volitive." --Sir M. Hale.
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     2. (Gram.) Used in expressing a wish or permission as,
        volitive proposition.
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