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Meaning of "hortatory" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HORTATORY

From Late Latin hortātōrius, from Latin hortārī to exhort.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HORTATORY

hortatory  [ˈhɔːtətərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HORTATORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hortatory is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HORTATORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Imperative mood

The imperative is a grammatical mood that forms commands or requests, including the giving of prohibition or permission, or any other kind of exhortation. An example of a verb in the imperative mood is be in the English sentence "Please be quiet". Imperatives of this type imply a second-person subject; some languages also have first- and third-person imperatives, with the meaning of "let's " or "let him/her/them ". Imperative mood can be denoted by the glossing abbreviation IMP. It is one of the irrealis moods.

Definition of hortatory in the English dictionary

The definition of hortatory in the dictionary is tending to exhort; encouraging.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HORTATORY


auscultatory
ɔːˈskʌltətərɪ
cementatory
sɪˈmɛntətərɪ
circumnutatory
ˌsɜːkəmˈnjuːtətərɪ
citatory
ˈsaɪtətərɪ
compotatory
kəmˈpɒtətərɪ
consultatory
kənˈsʌltətərɪ
degustatory
dɪˈɡʌstətərɪ
dehortatory
dɪˈhɔːtətərɪ
dextrorotatory
ˌdɛkstrəʊˈrəʊtətərɪ
excitatory
ɪkˈsaɪtətərɪ
exhortatory
ɪɡˈzɔːtətərɪ
gustatory
ˈɡʌstətərɪ
invitatory
ɪnˈvaɪtətərɪ
laevorotatory
ˌliːvəʊˈrəʊtətərɪ
mutatory
ˈmjuːtətərɪ
potatory
ˈpəʊtətərɪ
rotatory
ˈrəʊtətərɪ
saltatory
ˈsæltətərɪ
salutatory
səˈluːtətərɪ
sternutatory
stɜːˈnjuːtətərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HORTATORY

horsewhipped
horsewhipping
horsewoman
horsey
horsier
horsiest
horsily
horsiness
horst
horsy
Horta
hortative
Hortense
Horthy
horticultural
horticulturalist
horticulturally
horticulture
horticulturist
hortus siccus

WORDS THAT END LIKE HORTATORY

ambulatory
anti-inflammatory
circulatory
conservatory
defamatory
derogatory
directory
discriminatory
explanatory
exploratory
inflammatory
laboratory
mandatory
obligatory
observatory
oscillatory
participatory
predatory
preparatory
regulatory
respiratory

Synonyms and antonyms of hortatory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hortatory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HORTATORY

Find out the translation of hortatory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hortatory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hortatory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

劝告
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

exhortativo
570 millions of speakers

English

hortatory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hortatory
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عظية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

наставительное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

exortativo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hortatory
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

exhortation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hortatory
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hortatory
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

激励の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hortatory
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hortatory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khích lệ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அறிவுறுத்துகிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आग्रही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hortatory
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

esortativo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hortatory
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

повчальне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

îndemn
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προτρεπτικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bevelende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

MANANDE
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hortatory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hortatory

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HORTATORY»

The term «hortatory» is regularly used and occupies the 99.183 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HORTATORY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hortatory» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hortatory» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hortatory

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORTATORY»

Discover the use of hortatory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hortatory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Justin's Hortatory Address to the Greeks
What does he mean by "I adjure thee by the Father's voice, which first He uttered?
Justin, 2010
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Justin's Hortatory Address to the Greeks
REASONS FOR ADDRESSING THE GREEKS As I begin this hortatory address to you, ye men of Greece, I pray God that I may know what I ought to say to you, and that you, shaking off your habitual love of disputing, and being delivered from ...
St. Justin Martyr
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Joseph: A Story of Divine Providence : a Text Theoretical ...
CHAPTER FIVE SOCIOLINGUISTIC DYNAMICS OF HORTATORY DISCOURSE The Joseph narrative contains a number of interpersonal hortatory discourses, that is, discourses in which one person tries to influence the conduct of another.
Robert E. Longacre, 2003
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On Writing, Editing, and Publishing: Essays, Explicative and ...
Essays by a literary master illuminate the nature of writing, and offer concrete advice on the art of composition A collection of essays based on everyday events, and offered as a guide for aspiring new writers.
Jacques Barzun, 1986
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Beyond the Call of Duty: Supererogation, Obligation, and Offence
Surely there is something initially plausible about Eisenberg's claim that Findlay leaves little or no room for supererogation, given Findlay's insistence that minatory and hortatory duties are both genuine duties. If the exhortation to cultivate ...
Gregory Mellema, 1991
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The Symbolic Uses of Politics
The fact that bargaining and administration always occur in close conjunction with hortatory or legal language makes it easy for mass publics to underestimate the importance of the two less popular styles and to overestimate the importance for ...
Murray Jacob Edelman, 1985
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The Study of Second Language Acquisition in the Asian Context
Martin argued that in the same genre and across different topics, the writers made different choices and took different positions, either hortatory (arguing for change) or analytical (arguing for the status quo) in the way they handled their writing.
‎2007
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Eschatology and Exhortation in the Epistle to the Hebrews
Conclusion. to. Part. One: The. hortatory. program. attending. two-. age. eschatology. in. Hebrews. We can now safely state that the depths of the author's two-age eschatology may be adequately sounded only when examined in concert with ...
Scott D. Mackie, 2007
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Kenneth Burke and the 21st Century
The Hortatory Negative and the Lacanian Negative Burke tells us that the negative is "the very essence of language" (Language, 457) because without the negative there can be no drawing of distinctions, no sense of "this, not that" which we ...
Bernard L. Brock, 1999
10
Think Smart Bahasa Inggris
Hortatory. Exposition. Tujuan : Membujuk pembaca atau pendengar terhadap sesuatu yang seharusnya disetujui atau tidak disetujui Generic Structure: • Thesis Statement (menyatakan pendapat) • Arguments (alasan penulis) ...
Deni Kodrat & Diah G.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HORTATORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hortatory is used in the context of the following news items.
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What 'Let's be clear' really means - LA Times
Americans use "clearly" in this way too, but we prefer the hortatory imperative: "Let's be clear." The phrase is notoriously one of President ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
2
School: A sacred mansion
When students learn to write hortatory text, they could discuss the good and bad aspects of being poll absentees. Or when they read report ... «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
3
Torre de Manila owner should sue NCCA, says F Sionil Jose
Jose argued that patriotism lives in the heart and "not in hortatory pronouncements, not in marble statues, but in deeds." Photos: Office of ... «Coconuts Manila, Jun 15»
4
Off to court
Unless Coronel and Deles on the one hand, and alias Iqbal on the other hand meant simply to treat the nation to a piece of hortatory literature, ... «Manila Standard Today, Jun 15»
5
VA Issues Proposed Rule on Per Diem Paid to States for Care of …
because the language is hortatory and because we have found that the use of specifically trained contractors has, in most cases, eliminated the ... «Targeted News Service, Jun 15»
6
Sino-American struggle for regional order
The US is struggling with this, and from Capitol Hill down finds it easier to be adversarial, reactive and hortatory. There is a great need, ... «The Star Online, Jun 15»
7
Marcus Gardley offers a biblical overlay to his 'Gospel of …
Perhaps hewing too close to his biblical inspiration, “Lovingkindness” becomes hortatory and preachy, although the delivery remains affecting. «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jun 15»
8
Maury's Silent Majority
Maury's struggling to stay in character. Normally he's the picture of paternal stability: amused but not belittling, hortatory but not pedantic, firm ... «First Things, May 15»
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AGOA moves forward: Reviewing Last Week's Reauthorization in …
This hortatory language is important, but the Senate's version of AGOA reauthorization also takes action to provide the type of technical ... «The National Law Review, May 15»
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AGOA moves forward: Reviewing last week's reauthorization in the …
This hortatory language is important, but the Senate's version of AGOA reauthorization also takes action to provide the type of technical ... «Brookings Institution, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Hortatory [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hortatory>. Apr 2024 ».
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