資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Preative \Pre"a*tive\, Preatory \Pre"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.