hortative

English

WOTD – 30 June 2007

Etymology

From Latin hortātīvus, from hortor (“I exhort”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːtətɪv/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhɔːɹtətɪv/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tətɪv

Adjective

hortative (comparative more hortative, superlative most hortative)

1. (comparable) Urging, exhorting, or encouraging.
   • January 1854, “The Preaching Required by the Times”, in The National Magazine, volume 4, number 1, New York, Editorial, pages 79–80:

     The ministration of these oracles from the pulpit is to be reformed from any of its factitious peculiarities, and made again what it was among the apostles and their immediate successors—earnest, simple, powerful address—hortative talk, if we may so call it.

2. (grammar, not comparable) Of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.

Synonyms

• (giving strong encouragement): hortatory, supportive
• (of a mood of a verb): cohortative, exhortative, hortatory

Translations

urging, exhorting, or encouraging

• Bulgarian: увещателен (uveštatelen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 激勵的／激励的 (jīlì de), 勉勵的／勉励的 (miǎnlì de)

• Finnish: kehottava (fi)
• French: hortatif (fr)
• Italian: esortativo (it)
• Russian: настави́тельный (ru) (nastavítelʹnyj), увещева́тельный (ru) (uveščevátelʹnyj), назида́тельный (ru) (nazidátelʹnyj), поучи́тельный (ru) (poučítelʹnyj)

of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement

• Finnish: hortatiivinen
• French: hortatif (fr)
• Galician: hortativo
• Spanish: hortativo

Noun

hortative (plural hortatives)

1. (grammar) A mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.

Synonyms

• (mood of an imperative verb): cohortative, exhortative

Related terms

• cohortative
• exhortative
• hortatory

See also

• jussive