exhortative adj 1: giving strong encouragement [syn: {exhortative}, {exhortatory}, {hortative}, {hortatory}]
Exhortative \Ex*hor"ta*tive\, a. [L. exhortativus: cf. F. exhortatif.] Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]