Exhortatory
//ɛɡˈzɔːtətɪv// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Serving to exhort.
"[…] and therefore we ſee Chriſts words ran not in an Annunciative, but an exhortatory ſtile, He tels us not that Mammon ſhall make us friends, but excites us to make that our own care, […]"
Adjective
- 1 giving strong encouragement wordnet
Example
More examples"[…] and therefore we ſee Chriſts words ran not in an Annunciative, but an exhortatory ſtile, He tels us not that Mammon ſhall make us friends, but excites us to make that our own care, […]"
Etymology
From Middle English, from Late Latin exhortātōrius. By surface analysis, exhort + -atory.
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