exhort

(ĭg-zôrt')

v., -hort·ed, -hort·ing, -horts.

v.tr.
To urge by strong, often stirring argument, admonition, advice, or appeal: exhorted the troops to hold the line.

v.intr.
To make urgent appeal.

[Middle English exhorten, from Latin exhortārī : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + hortārī, to encourage.]

exhorter ex·hort'er n.

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verb

To impel to action: press, urge. See cause/effect, push/pull.

v

Definition: urge
Antonyms: discourage

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

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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IN BRIEF: To try to influence by words or advice.

The candidate will exhort the audience to vote for the new tax.

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• Expressions of Feeling - exhort: urge on energetically
• Support, Encouragement, and Agreement - exhort: (vb) urge strongly

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - formane, tilskynde
v. intr. - tilskynde

Nederlands (Dutch)
aanmanen, bepleiten

Français (French)
v. tr. - exhorter, inciter, appeler (qn à qch, qn à faire), conseiller/recommander vivement (à qn de faire)
v. intr. - sommer, exhorter

Deutsch (German)
v. - ermahnen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εξορκίζω (να), προτρέπω, παροτρύνω, παραινώ, ενθαρρύνω

Italiano (Italian)
esortare, ammonire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - exortar, aconselhar

Русский (Russian)
призывать, побуждать, уговаривать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - exhortar, apremiar, requerir
v. intr. - exhortar, apremiar, requerir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - mana, förmana

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
规劝, 敦促, 告诫, 激励

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 規勸, 敦促, 告誡, 激勵
v. intr. - 規勸, 告誡

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 권하다, 훈계하다
v. intr. - 훈계하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 熱心に説く, 唱道する, 勧告を与える, 熱心に訴える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينصح, يحض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עורר ל-, הוכיח, דרש מ-, הטיף, יעץ, הזהיר‬
v. intr. - ‮יעץ, הזהיר, המליץ‬

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