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Exhort

//ɛɡˈzɔːt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To urge; to advise earnestly.

    "And with many other words did hee testifie and exhort, saying, Saue your selues from this vntoward generation."

  2. 2
    force or impel in an indicated direction wordnet
  3. 3
    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English exorten, from Old French exhorter, from Latin exhortārī (“to encourage”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + hortārī (“to incite, spur”).

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