exhort
[ig-zawrt]
- to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.
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- to give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings.
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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
See more synonyms for exhort on Thesaurus.com1, 2. encourage, spur, press, goad.
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Examples from the Web for exhort
Contemporary Examples
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
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
- to urge or persuade (someone) earnestly; advise strongly
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Word Origin
C14: from Latin exhortārī, from hortārī to urge
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Word Origin and History for exhort
v.
c.1400, from Old French exhorer (13c.) and directly from Latin exhortari "to exhort, encourage, stimulate" (see exhortation). Related: Exhorted; exhorting.
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