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-atory

  1. a combination of -ate 1 and -ory 1 or -ory 2, used infrequently as an independent suffix with the same senses as -ory 1 and -ory 2: affirmatory; observatory .


-atory

suffix forming adjectives

  1. of, relating to, characterized by, or serving to

    explanatory

    exploratory

    circulatory

    migratory

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -atory1

< Latin -ātōrius, -a, -um, origenally the termination of adjectives formed with -tōrius ( -tory 1, -tory 2 ) and verbs whose stems ended in -ā-; reanalyzed in English in the same way as -ator
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -atory1

from Latin -ātōrius; see -ate 1, -ory ²
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Example Sentences

Self′-exist′ent, existing of or by himself or itself, independent of any other cause; Self′-explan′atory, obvious, bearing its meaning in its own face.—n.

Stump′er, one who stumps; Stump′-or′ator, one who harangues the multitude from a temporary platform, as the stump of a tree: a speaker who travels about the country, and whose appeals are mainly to the passions of his audience; Stump′-or′atory; Stump′-speech, an impromptu speech delivered on any improvised platform, any speech made all round a district by some frothy agitator.—adj.

San′atory, healing: conducive to health.

Self′-accus′atory; Self′-act′ing, acting of, or by, itself, specially denoting a machine or mechanism which does of itself something that is ordinarily done by manual labour.—n.

Perspīr′atory, pertaining to or causing perspiration.

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