exhort
to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.
to give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings.
Origin of exhort
1Other words for exhort
Other words from exhort
- ex·hort·er, noun
- ex·hort·ing·ly, adverb
- un·ex·hort·ed, adjective
Words Nearby exhort
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How to use exhort in a sentence
On the one hand, she says, exhorting people to “keep wearing a mask” implies that a vaccinated person can still transmit the virus.
So you got the vaccine. Can you still infect people? Pfizer is trying to find out. | Stephanie Arnett | February 2, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewIn the hour before the joint session of Congress convened in the House chamber, the president was exhorting a mass of supporters with one more recitation of his baseless claims of a stolen election and much else.
A day for ceremony descends into anarchy on Capitol Hill | Dan Balz | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostAmon is known as an early riser who likes getting to the office first to exhort his research, marketing, and sales teams to work hard.
Last year, people who exhorted others to stay positive and make goals and keep moving forward became grating.
One Good Thing: The future is uncertain. This graphic novel gave me hope anyway. | Alissa Wilkinson | January 1, 2021 | VoxThe cryptocurrency giant Coinbase has been in a media firestorm since its outspoken CEO Brian Armstrong published a blog post two weeks ago exhorting employees to refrain from politics in the workplace.
Coinbase sees 5% of employees depart in wake of politics controversy | Jeff | October 8, 2020 | Fortune
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 | THE DAILY BEASTHe 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 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the offices of Facebook posters exhort employees to take risks.
Mika Brzezinski Cheers Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Lean In’ | Mika Brzezinski | March 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir voices amplified by PA systems, the protests' leaders exhort their audiences with rigidly ideological slogans.
Sivert Jespersen began at once to exhort him to allow himself to be sent on a mission to the heathen lands lying in darkness.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandWithout offending your commands permit a lover to exhort me to live in obedience to your rigorous rules.
The love letters of Abelard and Heloise | Peter AbelardSometimes during the night he would walk to another bedside, wake up its occupant, and exhort him to prayer.
Eastern Nights - and Flights | Alan BottBecause I exhort you to mutual love you are not to think that I have gone back on my teaching of justification by faith alone.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians | Martin LutherRobert Davis soon afterward felt the inspiration to teach and exhort and he was much used in this way.
Around Old Bethany | Robert Lee Berry
British Dictionary definitions for exhort
/ (ɪɡˈzɔːt) /
to urge or persuade (someone) earnestly; advise strongly
Origin of exhort
1Derived forms of exhort
- exhortative (ɪɡˈzɔːtətɪv) or exhortatory, adjective
- exhorter, noun
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