Etymology

exhortatory

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Today it means: Serving to exhort. Full definition →

Late Latin exhortātōrius
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  1. Late Latin · derived fromexhortātōrius
  2. English todayexhortatory

From Middle English, from Late Latin exhortātōrius. By surface analysis, exhort + -atory.

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