Associations to the word «Hortative»
Wiktionary
HORTATIVE, adjective. (comparable) Urging, exhorting, or encouraging.
HORTATIVE, adjective. (grammar) (not comparable) Of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.
HORTATIVE, noun. (grammar) A mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.
Dictionary definition
HORTATIVE, adjective. Giving strong encouragement.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.