Hortative Definition

hôrtə-tĭv
adjective
Hortatory.
American Heritage

(comparable) Urging, exhorting, or encouraging.

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(grammar, not comparable) Of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.

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Synonyms:
noun

(grammar) A mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.

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Other Word Forms of Hortative

Noun

Singular:
hortative
Plural:
hortatives

Origin of Hortative

  • Late Latin hortātīvus from Latin hortātus past participle of hortārī to exhort gher-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin hortātÄ«vus, from hortor (“I exhort").

    From Wiktionary

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