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ex⋅hort
[ig-zawrt] 
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently. |
–verb (used without object)
| 2. | to give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings. |
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME ex(h)orte < L exhortārī to encourage greatly, equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + hortārī to urge
1375–1425; late ME ex(h)orte < L exhortārī to encourage greatly, equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + hortārī to urge
Related forms:
ex⋅hort⋅er, noun
ex⋅hort⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
1, 2. encourage, spur, press, goad.
1, 2. encourage, spur, press, goad.
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| ex·hort (ĭg-zôrt') v. ex·hort·ed, ex·hort·ing, ex·horts v. tr. To urge by strong, often stirring argument, admonition, advice, or appeal: exhorted the troops to hold the line. v. intr. To make urgent appeal. [Middle English exhorten, from Latin exhortārī : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + hortārī, to encourage; see gher-2 in Indo-European roots.] ex·hort'er n. |
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Exhort
Ex*hort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Exhorting.] [L. exhortari; ex out + hortari to incite, encourage; cf. F. exhorter. See Hortative.] To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or caution. Examples gross as earth exhort me. --Shak. Let me exhort you to take care of yourself. --J. D. Forbes.Exhort
Ex*hort"\, v. i. To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds. With many other words did he testify and exhort. --Acts ii. 40.Exhort
Ex*hort"\, n. Exhortation. [Obs.] --Pope.
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Language Translation for : exhort
Spanish:
exhortar,
German:
ermahnen,
Japanese:
熱心に勧める
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