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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.
Containing exhortation.

Definition 2024


exhortative

exhortative

English

Adjective

exhortative (comparative more exhortative, superlative most exhortative)

  1. (comparable) Appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.
  2. (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.

Noun

exhortative (plural exhortatives)

  1. The exhortative mood.

Synonyms

References

exhortative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia