to exhort
16
7.7
- verb
- /ɪɡˈzɔrt/
- Formal
- Hired preachers commanded the saved to examine their souls; they exhorted the unredeemed to accept Christ's cleansing grace.
- exhorted the reader
- exhorted the troops
- exhorted to learn
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- How did teachers exhort students to read, write, listen, remember, and forget?
- And I would exhort you not to either.
- You know, Muhammad, you know, exhorted his his his followers not to convert by the sword.
Examples
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On his deathbed he exhorted me to care for her.
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Chinese President Jiang Zemin and other leaders exhorted the crowds to work together to prepare for the Olympics.
Academic text (2008) -
How did teachers exhort students to read, write, listen, remember, and forget?
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When they came to the show's end, the barker exhorted the audience to come.
Fiction book (1994) -
People are always exhorted to take risks, and that's fine.
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Children, I exhort you to shun her, exclude her, shut her out from this day forth.
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China and South Korea have taken the lead in exhorting Pyongyang to open up its economy.
Academic text (2008) -
White Democrats were accordingly exhorted to go to the polls in force.
Academic text (2011) -
Other editorials exhorted townsfolk to behave better, to put on a nice face for tourists.
Academic text (2000) -
The coach exhorted the players to give their best during the championship game.
Synonyms
∞
3.6
To cause someone to want to do something strongly
∞
2.7
Make someone believe something is true or agree to do something
980
3.2
Cause someone to feel excited and ready to act
877
2.3
Give someone support and confidence so they try or keep doing something
611
1.1
To urge someone to do something or try harder
514
3.2
To strongly encourage someone to do something
359
2.7
To make someone agree or do something by giving reasons
337
3.9
Ask someone firmly and repeatedly to do something
255
3.6
Make someone do or say something
224
4.2
To try to make someone do something
196
3.5
Make someone want to do something
87
4.1
To encourage someone to take action or try harder
57
6.8
To persuade someone to do something they would not do on their own
53
4.1
To gently persuade someone by being kind and patient
46
5.3
To ask someone very seriously to do or not do something
39
8.2
To ask someone earnestly for something
31
4.7
To make someone want to do something
30
4.1
To gently encourage someone to try something new
30
4.9
Persuade someone to do something
30
6.8
To tell someone firmly to change or improve their behavior
18
7.7
To persuade someone to do something by gentle talk and praise
17
3.4
To encourage someone to go faster or try harder
12
8.1
Ask someone in a serious, emotional way to do something
9
7.2
To make someone feel they must do something, often because of pressure or need
6
6.7
To persuade someone to do something after repeated effort
3
6.0
To use influence to persuade someone to do something
1
3.9
Encourage someone gently to start doing something
Antonyms
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
exhort = ex + hort
Although historically analyzable as Latin ex- + hort-, the root 'hort' is not a standalone English word and the prefix does not convey a productive modern-English meaning here, so learners cannot derive the sense from English components.
Etymology
Exhort comes from Latin parts ex- ('out') and hortari ('urge' or 'encourage'). So to exhort someone is like 'urging out' strong words to push them into action, which is why it means to strongly encourage or urge someone to do something.