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- noun obsolete  A fervent wish .
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Examples
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								Quam suave canit! verbum audax dixi, omnium quos vidi formosissimus, utinam amare me dignetur! 
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								Educatio altera natura, alterat animos et voluntatem, atque utinam (inquit) liberorum nostrorum mores non ipsi perderemus, quum infantiam statim deliciis solvimus: mollior ista educatio, quam indulgentiam vocamus, nervos omnes, et mentis et corporis frangit; fit ex his consuetudo, inde natura. 
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								Think but of that old proverb, ᾑρώων πήματα, heroum filii noxae, great men's sons seldom do well; O utinam aut coelebs mansissem, aut prole carerem! would that I had either remained single, or not had children, [5789] Augustus exclaims in Suetonius. 
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								Amor. vascula plena multae infelicitatis omnem mariotorum opulentiam in haec inpendunt, dracones pro monilibus habent, qui utinam vere dracones essent. 
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								N.N. dat poenas, saith [2351] Crato of such a one, utinam non attraheret: he is punished, and is the cause of it [2352] himself: 
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								Sed dum hæc tuis auribus à me occinuntur, utinam gemitus meos altissimos, qui sub hac ad te Apostrophe latent, Serenis simæ Regiæ 
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								Sed dum h鎐 tuis auribus � me occinuntur, utinam gemitus meos altissimos, qui sub hac ad te Apostrophe latent, Serenis sim� Regi� The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003 
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								Veruntamen si tu: utinam audias me: dabo argentum agri, cape a me, et sepliam mortuum meum ibi. Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996 
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								Tunc dixit Laban, Ecce utinam sit secundum verbum tuum. Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996 
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								For what remains concerning him, “Do illi ingenium, do eloquentiam et industriam; fidem et veritatem utinam coluisset.” The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966 
super-kawy commented on the word utinam
An earnest wish or yearning.
May 2, 2009