hortatory

[ hawr-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ ˈhɔr təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

urging to some course of conduct or action; exhorting; encouraging: a hortatory speech.

Origin of hortatory

1580–90; <Late Latin hortātōrius encouraging, equivalent to hortā(rī) (see hortative) + -tōrius-tory¹

OTHER WORDS FROM hortatory

hor·ta·to·ri·ly, adverb

Words nearby hortatory

horst, Horst Wessel song, hort., Horta, hortative, hortatory, Hortega cell, Hortense, Hortense de Beauharnais, Horthy, horticultural

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Example sentences from the Web for hortatory

The latter then loses its peculiar flavor of the didactic and pedantic; its ultra-moralistic and hortatory tone.
Reconstruction in Philosophy|John Dewey
I believe, sir, that in the hortatory scene Lady Macbeth really vanquishes—as the scene ostensibly shows—his irresolution.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 66, No 409, November 1849|Various
Extracts from his hortatory letters which he published proved to Russians that his day was over.
A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections|Isabel Florence Hapgood
Akin to these hortatory epigrams, in their tone of settled melancholy, are some of the satiric and convivial.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2)|John Addington Symonds

Love Cheats is the hortatory title of a play to be produced by Miss Horniman's company next month.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, May 20, 1914|Various

British Dictionary definitions for hortatory

hortatory

hortative (ˈhɔːtətɪv)

/ (ˈhɔːtətərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

tending to exhort; encouraging

Derived forms of hortatory

hortation, nounhortatorily or hortatively, adverb

Word Origin for hortatory

C16: from Late Latin hortātōrius, from Latin hortārī to exhort

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单词	hortatory
释义	hortatory [ hawr-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ] / ˈhɔr təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i / adjective urging to some course of conduct or action; exhorting; encouraging: a hortatory speech. Origin of hortatory 1580–90; <Late Latin hortātōrius encouraging, equivalent to hortā(rī) (see hortative) + -tōrius-tory¹ OTHER WORDS FROM hortatory hor·ta·to·ri·ly, adverb Words nearby hortatory horst, Horst Wessel song, hort., Horta, hortative, hortatory, Hortega cell, Hortense, Hortense de Beauharnais, Horthy, horticultural Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hortatory The latter then loses its peculiar flavor of the didactic and pedantic; its ultra-moralistic and hortatory tone. Reconstruction in Philosophy\|John Dewey I believe, sir, that in the hortatory scene Lady Macbeth really vanquishes—as the scene ostensibly shows—his irresolution. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 66, No 409, November 1849\|Various Extracts from his hortatory letters which he published proved to Russians that his day was over. A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections\|Isabel Florence Hapgood Akin to these hortatory epigrams, in their tone of settled melancholy, are some of the satiric and convivial. Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2)\|John Addington Symonds Love Cheats is the hortatory title of a play to be produced by Miss Horniman's company next month. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, May 20, 1914\|Various British Dictionary definitions for hortatory hortatory hortative (ˈhɔːtətɪv) / (ˈhɔːtətərɪ, -trɪ) / adjective tending to exhort; encouraging Derived forms of hortatory hortation, nounhortatorily or hortatively, adverb Word Origin for hortatory C16: from Late Latin hortātōrius, from Latin hortārī to exhort Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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