Definitions for exhort
ɪgˈzɔrtex·hort

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep upverb

   spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

   "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"

2. urge, urge on, press, exhortverb

   force or impel in an indicated direction

   "I urged him to finish his studies"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exhortverb

   To urge; to advise earnestly.

2. Etymology: From exhortor, from ex- + hortor

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To EXHORTverb

   To incite by words to any good action.

   Etymology: exhortor, Latin.

   We beseech you, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us, how you ought to walk, so ye would abound. 1 Thes. iv. 1.

   My duty is to exhort you to consider the dignity of that holy mystery. Common Prayer.

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1. exhort

   Exhort is a verb that means to strongly urge, advise, or encourage someone to do something. It involves prompting or inspiring someone towards a certain action or behavior, often through persuasion or appeals.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Exhortverb

   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

2. Exhortverb

   to deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds

3. Exhortnoun

   exhortation

4. Etymology: [L. exhortari; ex out + hortari to incite, encourage; cf. F. exhorter. See Hortative.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Exhort

   egz-hort′, or egz-ōrt′, v.t. to urge strongly to good deeds, esp. by words or advice: to animate: to advise or warn.—n. Exhortā′tion, act of exhorting: language intended to exhort: counsel: a religious discourse.—adjs. Exhort′ative, Exhort′atory, tending to exhort or advise. [L. exhortāri, -ātus—ex, inten., hortāri, to urge.]

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How to pronounce exhort?

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How to say exhort in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of exhort in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of exhort in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of exhort in a Sentence

1. Roman Catholic:

   I would also like to exhort doctors to do everything to find vaccines against the mosquitoes that bear this illness. We have to work on that.

2. Plato:

   I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly combat.

3. Pierre Charron:

   The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practised, is to study and learn how to know ourselves. This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good. . . . God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=exhort
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Exhort
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=exhort
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exhort
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=exhort
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=exhort