单词 | hortatory |
释义 | hortatoryadj. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, exhortation or encouragement; hortative, exhortatory. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating > exhortatory adhortatory1534 exhortatory1544 exhortative1564 admonishinga1569 hortatory1586 hortative1623 stem-winding1867 evangelical1952 evangelistic1961 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. D1v Hortatorie, & Dehortatorie. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 9 After the doctrinall part followeth the hortatorie. a1784 S. Johnson in Boswell Life Johnson (1831) I. 381 ‘Law's Serious Call’ [he said] was the finest piece of hortatory theology in any language. 1878 W. C. Smith Hilda (1879) 173 That night he went on, ceaseless, in his hortatory tone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1586 |
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