Exhort : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Exhort	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Exhort
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exhort v spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" Synonym(s): cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies" Synonym(s): urge, urge on, press, exhort
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exhort \Exhort"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exhort \Ex*hort"\, n. Exhortation. [Obs.] --Pope.