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exhortative

American

[ig-zawr-tuh-tiv] / ɪgˈzɔr tə tɪv /

Also exhortatory

adjective

serving or intended to exhort.
pertaining to exhortation.

Other Word Forms

exhortatively adverb
nonexhortative adjective
nonexhortatory adjective
unexhortative adjective

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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