Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRO-TREP'TIC-AL
PRO-TREP'TIC-AL, a. [Gr. προτρεπτικος, from προτρεπω, προτρεπομαι, to exhort; προ and τρεπω, to turn.]
Hortatory; suasory; intended or adapted to persuade. [Little used.] – Ward.
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