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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXHORT', v.t. egzhort'. [L. exhortor; ex and hortor, to encourage, to embolden, to cheer, to advise. The primary sense seems to be to excite or to give strength, spirit or courage.]
1. To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments to a good deed or to any laudable conduct or course of action.
I exhort you to be of good cheer. Acts 27.
Young men also exhort to be sober minded.
Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters. Titus 2.
2. To advise; to warn; to caution.
3. To incite or stimulate to exertion.
EXHORT', v.i. To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds.
And with many other words did he testify and exhort. Acts 2.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" [syn: cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up]
2: force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies" [syn: urge, urge on, press, exhort]

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French exorter, from Latin exhortari, from ex- + hortari to incite — more at yearn Date: 15th century transitive verb to incite by argument or advice ; urge strongly <exhorting voters to do the right thing> intransitive verb to give warnings or advice ; make urgent appeals • exhorter noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (often foll. by to + infin.) urge or advise strongly or earnestly. Derivatives: exhortative adj. exhortatory adj. exhorter n. Etymology: ME f. OF exhorter or L exhortari (as EX-(1), hortari exhort)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Exhort Ex*hort", n. Exhortation. [Obs.] --Pope.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(exhorts, exhorting, exhorted) If you exhort someone to do something, you try hard to persuade or encourage them to do it. (FORMAL) Kennedy exhorted his listeners to turn away from violence... He exhorted his companions, 'Try to accomplish your aim with diligence'. = urge VERB: V n to-inf, V n with quote • exhortation (exhortations) Foreign funds alone are clearly not enough, nor are exhortations to reform. N-VAR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Urge, incite, stimulate, persuade, encourage (to do well). II. v. n. Give exhortation, offer advice.

Moby Thesaurus

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