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Definitions for hortatory
ˈhɔr təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr ihor·ta·to·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatoryadjective
giving strong encouragement
Wiktionary
hortatorynoun
Exhortation or advice; incitement; encouragement.
hortatorynoun
That which exhorts, incites, or encourages.
hortatoryadjective
Giving exhortation or advice; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting.
Etymology: From hortor.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hortatoryadjective
Encouraging; animating; advising to any thing: used of precepts, not of persons; a hortatory speech, not a hortatory speaker.
Etymology: from hortor, Latin.
Wikipedia
hortatory
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.
Webster Dictionary
Hortatoryadjective
giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech
Etymology: [L. hortatorius.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hortatory in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hortatory in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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