Enhort

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To encourage, to insist upon. transitive

    "I have nothing more to add at present, but once more to enhort You, not to mind the barkings of Your envious contrymen."

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exhort

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"I have nothing more to add at present, but once more to enhort You, not to mind the barkings of Your envious contrymen."

Etymology

Early uses are a survival of Middle English enhorten, from Old French enorter, from Latin inhortor. The verb fell out of use during the 19th century and was formed anew in the last few decades of the 20th century as a blend of enjoin + exhort or a similar formation.

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