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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. giving strong encouragement;
[syn: exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hortative \Hor"ta*tive\, a. [L. hortativus.]
   Giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative. --Bullokar.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hortative \Hor"ta*tive\, n.
   An exhortation. [Obs.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hortative
    adj 1: giving strong encouragement [syn: exhortative,
           exhortatory, hortative, hortatory]