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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Exhort \Ex*hort"\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Exhort \Ex*hort"\, verb (used without an object) 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Exhort \Ex*hort"\, noun Exhortation. [Obs.] --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
exhort
verb
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
EXHORT, v.t. In religious affairs, to put the conscience of another upon the spit and roast it to a nut-brown discomfort.
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