exhort
[ig-zawrt]
verb (used with object)
to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.
verb (used without object)
to give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings.
Origin of exhort
1375–1425; late Middle English ex(h)orte < Latin exhortārī to encourage greatly, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + hortārī to urge
Synonyms for exhort
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Related Words for exhort
beseech, admonish, incite, encourage, persuade, caution, enjoin, advise, prod, preach, counsel, prick, propel, bid, goad, insist, entreat, pressure, plead, pressExamples from the Web for exhort
Contemporary Examples of exhort
They did not baldly call for a coup, but they did exhort soldiers to “take a stand.”
He is also trying to inspire, cajole, exhort, or shame us Catholics and others of goodwill into living our calling.
Historical Examples of exhort
The company cheer, and Chaerephon and Callicles exhort them to proceed.
GorgiasPlato
And, to the utmost of my power, I exhort all other men to do the same.
GorgiasPlato
He then said, "continue to believe as you have done; I encourage and exhort you to do it."
The Autobiography of Madame GuyonJeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
Earnestly did she exhort him to repent with Peter, and to be more constant in his profession.
Fox's Book of MartyrsJohn Foxe
Hee told him hee was sent for to exhort him to die patiently and like a Christian.
The Valet's Tragedy and Other StoriesAndrew Lang
exhort
verb
Word Origin for exhort
C14: from Latin exhortārī, from hortārī to urge
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