exhortative

English

Etymology

From late Middle English exhortatyf, from Latin exhortātīvus, from exhortātus +‎ -ivus.[1][2] By surface analysis, exhort +‎ -ative.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛɡˈzɔːtətɪv/

Adjective

exhortative (comparative more exhortative, superlative most exhortative)

  1. (comparable) Appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.
    Synonyms: exhortatory, hortative
  2. (grammar, not comparable) Inflected hortative verb form that a speaker uses to avidly encourage a listener.
    Synonyms: hortative, cohortative
    • 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.

Translations
hortative — see hortative

Noun

exhortative (plural exhortatives)

  1. The exhortative mood.
    Synonyms: hortative, cohortative

References
  1. “exhortatī̆f, -ī̆ve, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. “exhortative”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.

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