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hor·ta·to·ry  audio  (hôrt-tôr, -tr) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
Marked by exhortation or strong urging: a hortatory speech.
ETYMOLOGY:
Late Latin horttrius, from Latin horttus, exhorted ; see hortative


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