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What (who) is exhort - definition
exhort
(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
exhort
I. v. a.
Urge, incite, stimulate, persuade, encourage (to do well).
II. v. n.
Give exhortation, offer advice.
Exhort
·noun Exhortation.
II. Exhort ·vi To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds.
III. Exhort ·vt 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 of use of exhort
1. If so, I urge you, nay exhort you, to be done with synonym–filled dictionaries.
2. Jackson Jr. will often exhort his congregation to "stand against" abortion and same–sex marriage.
3. I hope those who exhort everyone to punish themselves take heed.
4. At weddings, funerals and Friday prayers, local mullahs exhort their congregations to support the Taliban and oppose the government.
5. "I want to exhort everyone to follow what the law is . . I don‘t think anyone is without fault in this."