Exhort

//ɛɡˈzɔːt// verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

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

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urgeurgeabetadmonishadmonishadvise

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

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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