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Word of the Day for Tuesday, June 2, 2009hortatory \HOR-tuh-tor-ee\, adjective: Marked by strong urging; serving to encourage or incite; as, "a hortatory speech." Example Quotes:He later gave up the ministry in the conviction that he could reach thousands with his beguiling pen and only hundreds with his hortatory voice. Instead of "Home Run, Jack," the hortatory message that greets the batter at the plate is the subliminal one that surfaces: "Run Home, Jack." The former West German Chancellor's book . . . is a call to action, and, even in this good translation, the book relies heavily on the hortatory language of political appeals. Example Sentences:The mayor's hortatory speech spurred me to organize a carpool with my Prius. Hortatory is from Latin hortatorius, from hortari, "to exhort, to incite, to encourage." | |||||||
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