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protreptical

protreptical adjective: adapted to persuade; hortatory; persuasive.

Adjective

protreptical (comparative more protreptical, superlative most protreptical)

  1. (obsolete) Adapted to persuade; hortatory; persuasive.
    • The means used to this purpose are partly didactical, and partly protreptical; demonstrating the truth of the gospel, and then urging the professors of those truths to be stedfast in the faith, and to beware of infidelity.February 16, 1668, Seth Ward, The Sinfulness of Infidelity (sermon preached at Whitehall)

Forms of protreptical

comparativemore protreptical
superlativemost protreptical

Origin of protreptical

From protreptic + -al.

Questions about protreptical

What does protreptical mean?
Protreptical means adapted to persuade; hortatory; persuasive.
What part of speech is protreptical?
Protreptical is an adjective.

Words near protreptical in the dictionary

  1. protransglutaminase
  2. protransit
  3. protray
  4. protreaty
  5. protreptic
  6. protreptical
  7. protreptics
  8. protriaene
  9. protriaenes
  10. protriptyline
  11. protron

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