hortativeadj.n.
/ˈhɔːtətɪv/, U.S. /ˈhɔrdədɪv/ A. adj.
Characterized by exhortation, serving or tending to exhort.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating > exhortatory
adhortatory1534
exhortatory1544
exhortative1564
admonishinga1569
hortatory1586
hortative1623
stem-winding1867
evangelical1952
evangelistic1961
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Hortatiue, belonging to exhortation.
1651 J. Howell S.P.Q.V. 63 Hereupon Pope Vrban came..and made this hortative Oration.
1854 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 21 364 The narrative..is vastly more interesting than the didactic or hortative.
1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 445 Many hortative and illustrative digressions.
B. n.
A hortatory speech; an address intended to exhort or encourage.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech
speakingc1275
cry1303
orisona1382
sermonc1385
exhortationc1450
oration?1504
prepositiona1513
declamation1523
concion1541
speak1567
set speech1573
speech1583
hortative1612
allocution1615
public addressa1639
address1643
presentation1714
speechification1809
speechment1826
1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 25 Generals commonly in theire hortatives, put men in minde of their wives, and children.
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ ii. iv. 4 Others incited him to it, and amongst other hortatives, they told him [etc.].
1884 Jaunt in Junk 253 So encouraging [were] the hortatives of Kinioch.
Derivatives
ˈhortatively adv. in a hortative manner; by way of exhortation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > [adverb] > incitingly > in exhortative manner
permissively1586
exhortativelya1684
hortatively1882
urginglyc1882
1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 44 Are we to understand this phrase hortatively?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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