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† adˈhortatory, a. Obs.
[f. L. adhortāt- (see adhortation) + -ory, as if ad. L. *adhortātōrius.]
Of or pertaining to adhortation; hortatory; persuading or urging to a course.
1660T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. ii. 119 This ‘Wear not a Ring’ is likewise adhortatory. 1697Potter Antiq. Greece i. xxvi. (1715) 164 Some adhortatory Lessons..are to be privately inculcated. [Also in mod. Dicts.] |