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hortative

[ hawr-tuh-tiv ]
/ ˈhɔr tə tɪv /
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adjective
hortatory.
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Origin of hortative

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

OTHER WORDS FROM hortative

hor·ta·tive·ly, adverbun·hor·ta·tive, adjectiveun·hor·ta·tive·ly, adverb

Words nearby hortative

hor. som., horst, Horst Wessel song, hort., Horta, hortative, hortatory, Hortense, Hortense de Beauharnais, Horthy, horticultural
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Words related to hortative

academic, advisory, donnish, edifying, enlightening, exhortative, expository, homiletic, instructive, moral, moralizing, pedagogic, pedantic, preachy, preceptive, sermonic, sermonizing, teacherly

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