exhortative
American
[ig-zawr-tuh-tiv]
/ ɪgˈzɔr tə tɪv /
Also
exhortatory
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of exhortative
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin exhortātīvus, equivalent to exhortāt ( us ) (past participle of exhortārī to exhort ) + -īvus -ive
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