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Webster 1913 Edition
Exhortative
Ex-hor′ta-tive
,Adj.
[L.
exhortativus
: cf. F. exhortatif
.] Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative.
Barrow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Exhortative
EXHORT'ATIVE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
exhortative
exhortative
English
Adjective
exhortative (comparative more exhortative, superlative most exhortative)
- (comparable) Appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.
- (grammar, not comparable) Inflected hortative verb form that a speaker uses to avidly encourage a listener.
- 1994, Hein van der Voort, A grammar of Kwaza, Mouton de Gruyzer, page 528:
- In sections (5.2.7-10.) three special prohibitive moods were identified and described: negative imperative, negative exhortative and monitory.
- 1994, Hein van der Voort, A grammar of Kwaza, Mouton de Gruyzer, page 528:
Noun
exhortative (plural exhortatives)
- The exhortative mood.
Synonyms
References
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