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exhort

[ ig-zawrt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently.

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verb (used without object)

  1. to give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings.

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exhort

/ ɪɡˈzɔːtətɪv; ɪɡˈzɔːt /

verb

  1. to urge or persuade (someone) earnestly; advise strongly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǰٱ, noun
  • exhortative, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ǰİ noun
  • ·ǰiԲ· adverb
  • ܲe·ǰĻ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of exhort1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English ex(h)orte, from Latin ǰī “to encourage greatly,” from ex- ex- 1 + ǰī “to encourage, urge”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of exhort1

C14: from Latin ǰī, from ǰī to urge
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As Kaya entered Walter Reed, she walked past two adults yelling at the principal and exhorting students: “Do you feel safe? You shouldn’t give your phones to these people.”

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At a rally the day before the Capitol attack, Martin exhorted "die-hard true Americans" to work until their "last breath" to "stop the steal."

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Obviously reading from a prepared script, she exhorted Angelenos to help one another and expressed confidence that we would rebuild.

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He exhorted the heads of the Defense Department and Department of Homeland Security to shoot protesters and migrants.

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The core of the Jan. 6 case is a breathtaking effort to exhort supporters to commit an insurrection and prevent the peaceful transfer of power, the sine qua non of a democracy.

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