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hortatory, a.|ˈhɔːtətərɪ|
[ad. late L. hortātōri-us, f. hortārī to exhort: see -ory.]
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, exhortation or encouragement; hortative, exhortatory.
1586A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 20 Hortatorie and Dehortatorie. 1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus i. 9 After the doctrinall part followeth the hortatorie. a1784Johnson in Boswell (1831) I. 381 ‘Law's Serious Call’ [he said] was the finest piece of hortatory theology in any language. 1878W. C. Smith Hilda (1879) 173 That night he went on, ceaseless, in his hortatory tone. |