hortative

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Pronunciation

/ˈhɔːtətɪv/

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/ˈhɔːtətɪv/ · /ˈhɔɹtətɪv/(US)

Definition of hortative

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

(comparable)Urging, exhorting, or encouraging.

“The ministration of these oracles from the pulpit is to be reformed from any of its factitious peculiarities, and made again what it was among the apostles and their immediate successors—earnest, simple, powerful address—hortative talk, if we may so call it.”

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adj

(comparable)Urging, exhorting, or encouraging.

“The ministration of these oracles from the pulpit is to be reformed from any of its factitious peculiarities, and made again what it was among the apostles and their immediate successors—earnest, simple, powerful address—hortative talk, if we may so call it.”
(not-comparable)Of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.

noun

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

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From Latin hortātīvus, from hortor (“to exhort”).

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