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hortative

[hawr-tuh-tiv]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

hortatory.

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Other Word Forms

hortatively adverb
unhortative adjective
unhortatively adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hortative¹

1600–10; < Latin hortātīvus, equivalent to hortāt ( us ), past participle of hortārī to incite to action, frequentative of horīrī to encourage (akin to yearn ) + -īvus -ive

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Example Sentences

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The Parson, under high excitement, rained his hortative oratory upon me.