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Definitions for hortative
ˈhɔr tə tɪvhor·ta·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatoryadjective
giving strong encouragement
Wiktionary
hortativenoun
A mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.
hortativeadjective
Urging, exhorting, or encouraging.
hortativeadjective
Of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.
Etymology: From Latin hortātīvus, from hortor ‘exhort’.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hortativenoun
Exhortation; precept by which one incites or animates.
Etymology: from hortor, Latin.
Generals commonly in their hortatives put men in mind of their wives and children. Francis Bacon, Essay 8.
Wikipedia
Hortative
In linguistics, hortative modalities ( (listen); abbreviated HORT) are verbal expressions used by the speaker to encourage or discourage an action. Different hortatives can be used to express greater or lesser intensity, or the speaker's attitude, for or against it. Hortative modalities signal the speaker's encouragement or discouragement toward the addressee's bringing about the action of an utterance.
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hortative
Hortative refers to a rhetorical term used to encourage, urge, or strongly advise a person or group of people to do something. It is often intended to inspire, motivate, call to action, or persuade.
Webster Dictionary
Hortativeadjective
giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative
Hortativenoun
an exhortation
Etymology: [L. hortativus.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Hortative
hort′a-tiv, adj. inciting: encouraging: giving advice—also Hort′atory.—n. Hortā′tion. [L. hortāri, -ātus, to incite.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hortative in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hortative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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