hortatory
adjective
urging to some course of conduct or action; exhorting; encouraging.
hortation
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a word derived from
hortatory.
Example Sentences
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Here surely is "the atmosphere of praise" of Mr. Pinero's hortation.
From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill
I caught myself nodding to it—a nod of sympathy, of hortation to endurance.
From Yet Again by Sir Max Beerbohm
Volumes that are exclusively devoted to what I might call horticultural hortation are apt to become oppressive.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 25, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman
From the Service Clubs to the street corner their voice goes up daily in unceasing hortation.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 23, 1914 by Various
Now and again, it seemed to be thought that the lovers were insufficiently fervid—were but dallying with passion; and then there were stentorian grunts of disapproval and hortation.
From Yet Again by Sir Max Beerbohm
