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hor⋅ta⋅to⋅ry

  [hawr-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
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–adjective
urging to some course of conduct or action; exhorting; encouraging: a hortatory speech.
Origin:
1580–90; < LL hortātōrius encouraging, equiv. to hortā(rī) (see hortative ) + -tōrius -tory 1

Related forms:
hor⋅ta⋅to⋅ri⋅ly, adverb
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hor·ta·to·ry   (hôr'tə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)   
adj.  Marked by exhortation or strong urging: a hortatory speech.

[Late Latin hortātōrius, from Latin hortātus, exhorted; see hortative.]
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Word Origin & History

hortatory 
1576, from L.L. hortatorius "encouraging, cheering," from hortatus, pp. of hortari "exhort, encourage," intens. of horiri "urge, incite, encourage," from PIE base *gher- "to like, want" (cf. O.E. giernan "to strive, desire, yearn;" Goth. gairnei "desire;" Gk. khresthai "to lack, want, use," kharis "grace, favor," khairein "to rejoice, delight in;" Skt. haryati "finds pleasure, likes," harsate "is aroused;" Avestan zara "effort, aim;" Rus. zhariti "awake desire, charm").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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