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单词 -atory
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
-atory, 
  1. a combination of -ate 1 and -ory 1 or -ory 2, used infrequently as an independent suffix with the same senses as -ory 1 and -ory 2 : affirmatory;
    observatory.
  • Latin -ātōrius, -a, -um, origin, originally the termination of adjectives formed with -tōrius (see -tory1, tory2) and verbs whose stems ended in -ā-; reanalyzed in English in the same way as -ator

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
-atory suffix forming adjectives
  1. of, relating to, characterized by, or serving to: circulatory, exploratory, migratory, explanatory
Etymology: from Latin -ātōrius; see -ate1, -ory²
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