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hortative.

Urging, exhorting, or encouraging.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈhɔːtətɪv/Received-Pronunciation/ˈhɔɹtətɪv/US
  1. Urging, exhorting, or encouraging.

    comparable
  2. Of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Latin hortātīvus, from hortor (“to exhort”).

noun/ˈhɔːtətɪv/Received-Pronunciation/ˈhɔɹtətɪv/US
  1. A mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.

Where this word comes from

From Latin hortātīvus, from hortor (“to exhort”).

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