Exhortative Definition

ĭg-zôrtə-tĭv

adjective

Acting or intended to encourage, incite, or advise.

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(comparable) Appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.

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(grammar, not comparable) Inflected hortative verb form that a speaker uses to avidly encourage a listener.

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Synonyms:

noun

The exhortative mood.

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Other Word Forms of Exhortative

Singular:

exhortative

Plural:

exhortatives

From Latin exhortativus, from exhortatus, akin to English exhort +"Ž -ative

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