-atory

== English == === Etymology === From -ate +‎ -ory. === Suffix === -atory forms adjectives of, relating to, or connected with the thing specified forms nouns that represent things or places where a specified activity takes place ==== Derived terms ==== (adjectives): 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 inspiratory interrogatory invitatory invocatory judicatory justificatory laudatory levorotatory libratory mandatory masticatory masturbatory migratory minatory moratory nugatory obligatory participatory potatory precatory predatory predicatory prefatory preparatory propitiatory pulsatory purgatory reformatory regulatory respiratory retaliatory revelatory reverberatory rogatory rotatory saltatory salutatory self-deprecatory self-explanatory signatory sternutatory stimulatory sudatory supererogatory supplicatory vacillatory vesicatory vindicatory (nouns): adoratory ambulatory calcatory cosignatory conservatory crematory infirmatory laboratory lavatory observatory oratory purgatory reformatory signatory === See also === -ational === Anagrams === otary, yaort