Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To urge by strong, often stirring argument, admonition, advice, or appeal.
- intransitive verb To make an urgent appeal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of exhorting; an exhortation.
- To incite by words or advice; animate or urge by arguments to some act, or to some course of conduct or action; stir up.
- To advise; admonish; caution.
- Synonyms To incite, stimulate, encourage; appeal to, beg, enjoin, adjure.
- To deliver exhortation; ecclesiastical, to use appeals or arguments to incite; practise public exhortation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb 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.
- noun obsolete Exhortation.
- intransitive verb To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
urge ; toadvise earnestly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
- verb force or impel in an indicated direction
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He was using the phrase to exhort his compatriots to prepare for war, to engage in the struggle for freedom.
American Sketches Walter Isaacson 2009
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Or it may be meant of the public reading of the scriptures; he must read and exhort, that is, read and expound, read and press what he read upon them; he must expound it both by way of exhortation and by way of doctrine; he must teach them both what to do and what to believe.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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Americans were tired of hearing Obama "exhort" bankers and speculators to play nice as they collected their record bonuses for a heckuva job in 2009.
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Americans were tired of hearing Obama "exhort" bankers and speculators to play nice as they collected their record bonuses for a heckuva job in 2009.
Drew Westen: Obama Finally Gets His Victory For Bipartisanship 2010
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Where the Tories will "exhort" corporations to be "socially responsible", Labour can provide a tough framework for balancing companies 'desire for profits with the needs of ordinary people.
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Where the Tories will "exhort" corporations to be "socially responsible", Labour can provide a tough framework for balancing companies 'desire for profits with the needs of ordinary people.
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The word here rendered 'exhort' is found in Paul's writings as bearing special meanings, such as consoling, stimulating, encouraging, rebuking and others.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) Alexander Maclaren 1868
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Americans were tired of hearing Obama "exhort" bankers and speculators to play nice as they collected their record bonuses for a heckuva job in 2009.
Taylor Marsh 2010
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Americans were tired of hearing Obama "exhort" bankers and speculators to play nice as they collected their record bonuses for a heckuva job in 2009.
Climate Progress 2010
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Americans were tired of hearing Obama "exhort" bankers and speculators to play nice as they collected their record bonuses for a heckuva job in 2009.
Nevada Thunder 2010
Kristianto2010 commented on the word exhort
Peter exhorted his listeners to repent and respond to the gospel “that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord” (Acts 3:19).
December 2, 2010
bilby commented on the word exhort
I went to school with a girl called Janet Hort. She, uhh, did in fact change her name when she married.
December 2, 2010