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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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