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Webster 1913 Edition


Adhortatory

Ad-hor′ta-to-ry

,
Adj.
Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory.
[Obs.]
Potter.
Adiabatic line
or
curve
,
a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat.
Rankine.

Webster 1828 Edition


Adhortatory

ADHORT'ATORY

,
Adj.
[L. adhortor, to advise, ad and hortor.]
Advisory; containing counsel or warning.

Definition 2024


adhortatory

adhortatory

English

Adjective

adhortatory (comparative more adhortatory, superlative most adhortatory)

  1. (obsolete) Containing counsel or warning; advisory.
    • John Potter
      They, who run into errors unwittingly, shall not be arraign'd in the publick Court, but some adhortatory Lessons of their Duty are to be privately inculcated.