-atory

a combination of -ate¹. and -ory¹. or -ory², used infrequently as an independent suffix with the same senses as -ory¹. and -ory²: affirmatory; observatory.

Origin:
< Latin -ātōrius, -a, -um, orig. 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

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-atory

—*suffix forming adjectives*
	of, relating to, characterized by, or serving to: circulatory; exploratory; migratory; explanatory

[from Latin -ātōrius; see -ate¹, -ory²]

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