exhort

[ig-zawrt]

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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.

Origin of exhort

1375–1425; late Middle English ex(h)orte < Latin exhortārī to encourage greatly, equivalent to ex- ex-¹ + hortārī to urge

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

Synonyms for exhort

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1, 2. encourage, spur, press, goad.

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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, press

Examples 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.”
Thailand’s Prime Minister Toppled by ‘The Iron Triangle’
Lennox Samuels
May 7, 2014
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

Historical Examples of exhort

The company cheer, and Chaerephon and Callicles exhort them to proceed.
Gorgias
Plato
And, to the utmost of my power, I exhort all other men to do the same.
Gorgias
Plato
He then said, "continue to believe as you have done; I encourage and exhort you to do it."
The Autobiography of Madame Guyon
Jeanne 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 Martyrs
John Foxe
Hee told him hee was sent for to exhort him to die patiently and like a Christian.
The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories
Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for exhort

exhort

verb

to urge or persuade (someone) earnestly; advise strongly

Derived Formsexhortative (ɪɡˈzɔːtətɪv) or exhortatory, adjectiveexhorter, noun

Word Origin for exhort

C14: from Latin exhortārī, from hortārī to urge

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Word Origin and History for exhort

c.1400, from Old French exhorer (13c.) and directly from Latin exhortari "to exhort, encourage, stimulate" (see exhortation). Related: Exhorted; exhorting.