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

First recorded in1375–1425; late Middle English ex(h)orte, from Latin exhortārī “to encourage greatly,” from ex- ex-¹ + hortārī “to encourage, urge”

Other words for exhort

1, 2	encourage, spur, press, goad

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Other words from exhort

ex·hort·er, noun
ex·hort·ing·ly, adverb
un·ex·hort·ed, adjective

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How to use exhort in a sentence

For nearly all that time he has been a ruling elder in the church, and for ten years past a licensed exhorter.
Mary and I | Stephen Return Riggs
Grace stood silently beside one of the elders; a woman exhorter stood before her.
Other Main-Travelled Roads | Hamlin Garland
At the age of seventeen he was made a Methodist exhorter, or local preacher.
The Life of John Taylor | B. H. Roberts
Even then, Uncle Simon was an old man, and for many years in the elder Marston's time had been the plantation exhorter.
The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories | Paul Laurence Dunbar
This is what you wanted your Sundays off for, to go sparking around—you an exhorter, too.
The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories | Paul Laurence Dunbar

British Dictionary definitions for exhort

exhort

/ (ɪɡˈzɔːt) /

verb

to urge or persuade (someone) earnestly; advise strongly

Origin of exhort

C14: from Latin exhortārī, from hortārī to urge

Derived forms of exhort

exhortative (ɪɡˈzɔːtətɪv) or exhortatory, adjective
exhorter, noun

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