Definition of Hortatory. Meaning of Hortatory. Synonyms of Hortatory

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Definition of Hortatory

Hortatory
Hortatory Hor"ta*to*ry, a. [L. hortatorius.] Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech. --Holland.

Meaning of Hortatory from wikipedia

- In linguistics, hortative modalities (/ˈhɔːrtətɪv/ ; abbreviated HORT) are verbal expressions used by the speaker to encourage or discourage an action...
- determination or presidential finding, memorandum of disapproval, and hortatory memorandum. Sometimes used interchangeably, an executive order is a more...
- policy instruments: regulation, economic instruments, and normative or "hortatory" approaches. These have also been referred to as "sticks, carrots and...
- Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2004). Wikisource has original text related to this article: Hortatory Address to the Gr****s (Justin Martyr)...
- Kent, Sus**** and Northamptonshire. They are sometimes referred to as hortatory names. Virtue names were more commonly given to girls than boys, though...
- "If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-****ed," an example of a hortatory name, a type of virtue name that was common among some Dissenting families...
- and a new one commenced in Ansei 7. The new era name is derived from an hortatory aphorism to be found in The Book of the Later Han: "With 100,000,000,000...
- a new one commenced in Kansei 13. The new era name was drawn from an hortatory aphorism: "Follow Heaven and take your destiny, unite all people and perfect...
- the ninth or early-tenth century, and another letter "of an ascetic and hortatory character" addressed to Umar II (d. 720), which is likewise deemed spurious...
- that promises dancing pigs on his computer monitor, and instead gets a hortatory message describing the potential dangers of the applet—he's going to choose...