exhortative
English edit
Etymology edit
From late Middle English exhortatyf, from Latin exhortātīvus, from exhortātus + -ivus.[1][2] By surface analysis, exhort + -ative.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
exhortative (comparative more exhortative, superlative most exhortative)
- (comparable) Appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.
- Synonyms: exhortatory, hortative
- (grammar, not comparable) Inflected hortative verb form that a speaker uses to avidly encourage a listener.
- Synonyms: hortative, cohortative
- 1994, Hein van der Voort, A grammar of Kwaza, Mouton de Gruyzer, page 528:
- In sections (5.2.7-10.) three special prohibitive moods were identified and described: negative imperative, negative exhortative and monitory.
Translations edit
exhorting
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hortative — see hortative
Noun edit
exhortative (plural exhortatives)
- The exhortative mood.
- Synonyms: hortative, cohortative
References edit
- ^ “exhortatī̆f, -ī̆ve, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “exhortative”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.
Further reading edit
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