protreptic
noun
pro·trep·tic prō-ˈtrep-tik 
: an utterance (such as a speech) designed to instruct and persuade
protreptic adjective
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin protrepticus hortatory, encouraging, from Greek protreptikos, from protrepein to turn forward, urge on, from pro- + trepein to turn
First Known Use
1678, in the meaning defined above
- compliment
- complimental
- complimentally
- complimentarily
- complimentariness
- complimentary
- complimentary close
- complimented
- complimenter
- complimenters
- complimenting
- compliments
- compliments of
- compline
- complines
- complins
- complished
- complishes
- complishing
- complot
- complots
- complotted
- complotting
- complt
- Complutensian