English Explanatory Dictionary

-atory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. forms adjectives of, relating to, or connected with the thing specified
  2. forms nouns that represent things or places where a specified activity takes place

Word forms

-atory

Etymology

From -ate + -ory.

Related words

-ational

Derived words

accusatory adoratory adulatory aleatory amatory ambulatory amendatory anovulatory anticipatory anti-inflammatory applicatory articulatory aspiratory cardiorespiratory circulatory classificatory combinatory commemoratory commendatory compensatory conciliatory conservatory copulatory cosignatory crematory damnatory declamatory declaratory defamatory depilatory deprecatory depreciatory derogatory dextrorotatory dilatory discriminatory dispensatory divinatory ejaculatory emancipatory exclamatory exculpatory excusatory expiatory expiratory explanatory exploratory expurgatory feudatory fumatory gustatory gyratory hallucinatory hibernatory hortatory improvisatory inflammatory informatory initiatory innovatory
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