Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exhort"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Exhort \Ex*hort"\, n.
Exhortation. [Obs.] --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
exhort
v 1: urge on or encourage esp. 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}]
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