Exhort \Ex*hort"\, v. i.
To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite
to good deeds.
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With many other words did he testify and exhort. --Acts
ii. 40.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Exhort \Ex*hort"\, n.
Exhortation. [Obs.] --Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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Examples gross as earth exhort me. --Shak.
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Let me exhort you to take care of yourself. --J. D.
Forbes.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
exhort
v 1: urge on or encourage especially by shouts; "The crowd
cheered the demonstrating strikers" [syn: cheer, inspire,
urge, barrack, urge on, pep up]
2: force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to
finish his studies" [syn: urge, urge on, press]
WordNet (r) 2.0
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "exhort":
admonish, advocate, blandish, cajole, call on, call upon, caution,
charge, coax, egg on, encourage, enjoin, expostulate, goad,
high-pressure, importune, incite, induce, insist, insist upon,
issue a caveat, jawbone, lobby, move, nag, persuade, plead,
plead with, preach, press, pressure, prick, prod, prompt, propel,
push, recommend, remonstrate, sic, soft-soap, spur, stimulate,
sweet-talk, urge, warn, wheedle, work on
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
EXHORT, v.t. In religious affairs, to put the conscience of another
upon the spit and roast it to a nut-brown discomfort.
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
barrack, cheer, inspire, pep up, press, urge, urge on
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