Associations to the word «Cohortative»

Wiktionary

COHORTATIVE, adjective. (grammar) (of a verb) Inflected to express plea, insistence, imploring, self-encouragement, wish, desire, intent, command, purpose, or consequence.
COHORTATIVE, noun. (grammar) The cohortative mood.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.