Etymology

hortative

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Today it means: Urging, exhorting, or encouraging. Full definition →

Latin hortātīvus
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  1. Latin · derived fromhortātīvus
  2. English todayhortative

From Latin hortātīvus, from hortor (“to exhort”).

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