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exhortative

/ɛɡˈzɔːtətɪv/

exhortative adjective: appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.

Adjective

exhortative (comparative more exhortative, superlative most exhortative)

  1. (comparable) Appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.
  2. (not comparable) Inflected hortative verb form that a speaker uses to avidly encourage a listener.
    • In sections (5.2.7-10.) three special prohibitive moods were identified and described: negative imperative, negative exhortative and monitory.1994, Hein van der Voort, A grammar of Kwaza, Mouton de Gruyzer, page 528

Noun

exhortative (plural exhortatives)

  1. The exhortative mood.

Synonyms of exhortative

Forms of exhortative

Adjective
comparativemore exhortative
superlativemost exhortative
Noun
pluralexhortatives

Origin of exhortative

From late Middle English exhortatyf, from Latin exhortātīvus, from exhortātus + -ivus. By surface analysis, exhort + -ative.

Words formed from exhortative

Questions about exhortative

What does exhortative mean?
Exhortative means appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.
What part of speech is exhortative?
Exhortative can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce exhortative?
Exhortative is pronounced /ɛɡˈzɔːtətɪv/.

Words near exhortative in the dictionary

  1. exhort
  2. exhortacion
  3. exhortacions
  4. exhortation
  5. exhortations
  6. exhortative
  7. exhortatively
  8. exhortatives
  9. exhortator
  10. exhortators
  11. exhortatory

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