2. Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition.

I'll end my exhortation after dinner.

Shak.

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Ex*hor"ta*tive (?), a. [L. exhortativus: cf. F. exhortatif.] Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative. Barrow.

Ex*hor"ta*to*ry (?) a. [L. exhortatorius: cf. F. exhortatoire.] Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory. Holinshed.

Ex*hort"er (?), n. One who exhorts or incites.

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