HORTATIVE

exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory

(adjective) giving strong encouragement

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

hortative (comparative more hortative, superlative most hortative)

(comparable) Urging, exhorting, or encouraging.

(grammar, not comparable) Of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.

Synonyms

• (giving strong encouragement): hortatory, supportive

• (of a mood of a verb): cohortative, exhortative, hortatory

Noun

hortative (plural hortatives)

(grammar) A mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.

Synonyms

• (mood of an imperative verb): cohortative, exhortative

Source: Wiktionary


Hor"ta*tive, a. Etym: [L. hortativus.]

Definition: Giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative. Bullokar.

Hor"ta*tive, n.

Definition: An exhortation. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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