单词 | adhortative |
释义 | adhortativeadj. Grammar. Of a verbal mood: that expresses exhortation.In quot. 1815 perhaps in a more general sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [adjective] > other spec. conditional1530 subcontinuative1530 precatory1610 consuetudinal1728 conjunctive1736 precative1751 requisitive1751 adhortative1815 potential1837 jussive1846 obligative1877 hypothetical1892 permissive1892 1815 Monthly Mag. Sept. 113 (list of words) Adhortative. a1831 J. Stoddart Gram. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) I. 52/2 Some writers have distinguished from the imperative, the precative, the deprecative, the permissive, the adhortative, [etc.]. 1895 PMLA 10 399 The adhortative idea occasioning the subjunctive of geseon exercises its influence in the subordinate clause. 1934 R. C. Priebsch & W. E. Collinson German Lang. vi. 316 The adhortative gehen wir. 1963 F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax Eng. Lang. I. iii. 190 In the Pres. D. suggestive or adhortative questions in which to be is construed with to do (as in: ‘Why don't you be reasonable?’). 1997 M. Cuvalay-Haak Verb in Lit. & Colloq. Arabic vii. 225 Yiktib can be used with a wider directive function, including some adhortative and desiderative uses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1815 |
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