1. Tending to encourage or urge someone to do something; exhorting.
Usage: Formal or literary register; Often used in linguistic or rhetorical contexts

1. A word, phrase, or grammatical form that expresses exhortation or encouragement.
Usage: Linguistics and grammar terminology; Also called hortatory mood in some languages

Examples

• The coach's hortative speech motivated the team to play harder.
• Her hortative tone encouraged the volunteers to continue their work.
• In Latin, the hortative mood is used to express commands or wishes.
• The preacher delivered a hortative message urging the congregation to act justly.
• His hortative words inspired confidence in the uncertain group.
• The advertisement used hortative language to persuade consumers to buy the product.