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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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hortative \Hor"ta*tive\, n. An exhortation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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