Exhort
/ɛɡˈzɔːt/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 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 force or impel in an indicated direction wordnet
- 3 spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts wordnet
Example
More examples"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”).