Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Intended or adapted to persuade; persuasive; hortatory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Adapted to persuade; hortatory; persuasive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Adapted to
persuade ;hortatory ;persuasive .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek to turn forward, to urge on.
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