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vol·i·tive

 (vŏl′ĭ-tĭv)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or originating in the will.
2. Expressing a wish or permission.
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volitive

(ˈvɒlɪtɪv)
adj
1. of, relating to, or emanating from the will
2. (Grammar) grammar another word for desiderative
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vol•i•tive

(ˈvɒl ɪ tɪv)

adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or characterized by volition.
2. Gram. expressing a wish or permission.
[1650–60]
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There is also a terminological confusion: bouletic, boulomaic, volitive and teleological modality are all somewhat overlapping categories used by different scholars.
Additionally, the volitive modal forms are comprised of the imperative and the jussive.
To account for the missing motivational link in the attitude-intention relationship of the TPB, Bagozzi (1992) proposes a construct called 'desire', akin to the concept of wants or wishes as found in Gollwitzer's action phase model (Bagozzi & Dholakia, 2006), or 'volitive desire' (Davis, 1984).
(14.) The verb tohel (twhl) is a rare occurrence of the second person volitive (aside from its use with 'al).
[22] La conscience peut donc etre affective, volitive, representative, desirante.
(5.) In an essay on Austen's use of modal verbs, Zelda Boyd argues that verbs such as "must" can be both "epistemic" and "volitive." That is to say, they can serve both as "statements of fact" (as in, "He must pay his parking ticket") and as "the instantiation of our desire" (as in, "You must go to the Grand Canyon") (129, 130).
Our Jesuit is at pains to point out that Luther really was serious about the interior reception of the Word of God extra nos and about its real effects in the new heart, including its intellectual and volitive functions, even though he refused to accept the essentially Thomist theory of this renewal in terms of "habitus" or qualitas.
She never crosses the boundaries of the space delimited by the emperor, she is the queen whose biography is ordered and modeled from outside, whose existence is closely dependent on the emotional and volitive acts of her creator:
Within deontic modality Palmer (2001: 22) lists permissive, obligative and commissive, while dynamic modality includes abilitive and volitive. In Palmer (1990, 2001) the classification of the modal verb can may be categorised in terms of deontic possibility as indicating permission or, in extremely intensive cases, moving close to a command.