adj
Meaning 1
Serving to exhort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hortatory, exhortative
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
exhortatory
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/ɛɡˈzɔːtətɪv/
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
giving strong encouragement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exhortative, hortative, hortatory
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English, from Late Latin exhortātōrius. By surface analysis, exhort + -atory.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Spanish: exhortatorio — adjective