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hortatory /ˈhɔːtət(ə)ri/
▶adjective formal tending or aiming to exhort.
– derivatives
hortation noun,
hortative adjective.
hortation noun,
hortative adjective.
– origin C16: from L. hortatorius, from hortari ‘exhort’.
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