hortative

  1. Adjective.  (comparable) Urging, exhorting, or encouraging.
  2. Adjective.  (context, grammar) Of a mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.
  3. Noun.  (grammar) A mood or class of imperative subjunctive moods of a verb for giving strong encouragement.

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