Jussive mood - Wikipedia The jussive (abbreviated jus) is a grammatical mood of verbs for issuing orders, commanding, or exhorting (within a subjunctive framework) English verbs are not marked for this mood, but the modal verb "should" is commonly used for the same purpose
jussive - Wiktionary, the free dictionary jussive (usually uncountable, plural jussives) (grammar, uncountable and countable) The jussive mood, a verb inflection used to indicate a command, permission or agreement with a request; an instance of a verb so inflected