exhort

[ ig-zawrt ]

/ ɪgˈzɔrt /

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verb (used with object)

to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.

verb (used without object)

to give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings.

Nearby words

exhilarant, exhilarate, exhilarating, exhilaration, exhilarative, exhort, exhortation, exhortative, exhume, exigeant, exigency

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

1, 2 encourage, spur, press, goad.

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Related forms

ex·hort·er, nounex·hort·ing·ly, adverbun·ex·hort·ed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for exhort

They did not baldly call for a coup, but they did exhort soldiers to “take a stand.”
Thailand’s Prime Minister Toppled by ‘The Iron Triangle’|Lennox Samuels|May 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He is also trying to inspire, cajole, exhort, or shame us Catholics and others of goodwill into living our calling.
A Catholic Ex-Banker on Pope Francis’s Radical Views|Chris Lowney|December 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A mystic voice seems to exhort me to do so, to whisper that though I've never seen her I shall find something in her.
The Tragic Muse|Henry James
All edicts, he says, ought to instruct and to exhort as much as they command.
Diderot and the Encyclopaedists (Vol 1 of 2)|John Morley

The Elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an Elder.
The Christ Of Paul|George Reber
Who taught him to exhort men to prepare for eternity, as for some future era of which the present forms no integral part?
The Biglow Papers|James Russell Lowell
On the ground of this power, they exhort sinners to make themselves new hearts.
Calvinistic Controversy|Wilbur Fisk

British Dictionary definitions for exhort

exhort

/ (ɪɡˈzɔːt) /

verb

to urge or persuade (someone) earnestly; advise strongly

Derived Forms

exhortative (ɪɡˈzɔːtətɪv) or exhortatory, adjectiveexhorter, noun

Word Origin for exhort

C14: from Latin exhortārī, from hortārī to urge

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