What is "precative"

Precative \Prec"a*tive\, Precatory \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.

a. Resembling or pertaining to an entreaty. n. (context grammar English) Mode expressing a wish, a prayer.

adj. expressing entreaty or supplication; "precatory overtures" [syn: precatory]