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exhortation
English
Etymology
From Old French exhortacion, from Latin exhort?ti?nem, accusative singular of exhort?ti? (“encouraging; exhortation”), from exhortor (“encourage, exhort”), from ex (“out of, from”) + hortor (“encourage”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
exhortation (countable and uncountable, plural exhortations)
- The act or practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable.
- Language intended to incite and encourage
- Synonym: counsel
- Antonym: admonition
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:advice
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exhort?ti?. Synchronically analysable as exhorter +? -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.z??.ta.sj??/
Noun
exhortation f (plural exhortations)
- An exhortation
- Synonym: encouragement
Further reading
- “exhortation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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incentive
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin incentivus (“that strikes up or sets the tune”), from incinere (“to strike up”), from in (“in, on”) + canere (“to sing”). The formation appears to have been influenced by incendere ' to set on fire'.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?s?nt?v/
- Rhymes: -?nt?v
- Hyphenation: in?cen?tive
Noun
incentive (plural incentives)
- Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
- A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder.
Antonyms
- disincentive
Derived terms
- incentivise/incentivize, tax incentive
Translations
Adjective
incentive (comparative more incentive, superlative most incentive)
- Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.
- 1667, Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety
- Competency is of all other proportions the most incentive to industry.
- 1667, Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety
- Serving to kindle or set on fire.
Further reading
- incentive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- incentive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Vicentine
Latin
Adjective
incent?ve
- vocative masculine singular of incent?vus
Portuguese
Verb
incentive
- first-person singular present subjunctive of incentivar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of incentivar
- first-person singular imperative of incentivar
- third-person singular imperative of incentivar
Spanish
Verb
incentive
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of incentivar.
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