ex-hortatory

[ig-zawr-tuh-tiv]

adjective

serving or intended to exhort.

pertaining to exhortation.

Also, ex·hort·a·to·ry

[ig-zawr-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] .

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin exhortātīvus, equivalent to exhortāt(us) (past participle of exhortārī to exhort) + -īvus -ive

Related forms

ex·hort·a·tive·ly, adverb

non·ex·hor·ta·tive, adjective

non·ex·hor·ta·to·ry, adjective

un·ex·hor·ta·tive, adjective

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