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Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech.

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  1. a. Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech.
  2. adj. giving strong encouragement
  3. Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech. Holland.
  4. Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory;inciting; as, a hortatory speech. Holland.
  5. j:100 s giving strong encouragement