"enhort" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: enhorts [present, singular, third-person], enhorting [participle, present], enhorted [participle, past], enhorted [past]
Etymology: Early uses are a survival of Middle English enhorten, from Old French enorter, from Latin inhortor. The verb fell out of use during the 19th century and was formed anew in the last few decades of the 20th century as a blend of enjoin + exhort or a similar formation. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|enhorten}} Middle English enhorten, {{der|en|fro|enorter}} Old French enorter, {{der|en|la|inhortor}} Latin inhortor, {{blend|en|enjoin|exhort|nocap=1}} blend of enjoin + exhort Head templates: {{en-verb|enhorts|enhorting|enhorted|enhorted}} enhort (third-person singular simple present enhorts, present participle enhorting, simple past and past participle enhorted)
  1. (transitive) To encourage, to insist upon. Tags: transitive Synonyms: exhort Derived forms: enhortment
    Sense id: en-enhort-en-verb-Y8H5ssa6 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1795, Johann David Michaelis, Literarischer Briefwechsel - Volume 2, page 334:",
          "text": "I have nothing more to add at present, but once more to enhort You, not to mind the barkings of Your envious contrymen.",
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          "ref": "1974, Educational and Community Consultants Associates, The Journal of Afro-American Issues, volume 2, page 102:",
          "text": "which enhorts and commands them to invoke impartially the criminal laws within the bounds of full enforcement.",
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          "ref": "1977, Sebastian Karotemprel, God and Secular Man, A Study of Newman's Approach to the Problem of God and Its Implications for Secular Man, page 79:",
          "text": "They enhorted them to make trial of the Gospel since they would find their account in so doing.",
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          "ref": "1984, American Baptist Quarterly, volume 3, page 136:",
          "text": "But they were set apart from the congregation, and Paul is pictured as devoting his last visit not to enhorting the whole church but to caucusing with its leadership.",
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          "ref": "1998, Satya Pal Ruhela, How to Receive Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Grace, page 24:",
          "text": "His followers are not members of a sect or cult, but people of all walks of life, cultural backgrounds and religions, for Baba enhorts us to seek the underlying unity and divinity in ourselves, in others and in our lives.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "2019, Roy Osborne, Renaissance Colour Symbolism, page 23:",
          "text": "It is of such great effect and virtue, moreover, Saint John in his Apocalypse enhorts us to buy braised gold in order to be rich.",
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        "(transitive) To encourage, to insist upon."
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          "text": "which enhorts and commands them to invoke impartially the criminal laws within the bounds of full enforcement.",
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          "ref": "1977, Sebastian Karotemprel, God and Secular Man, A Study of Newman's Approach to the Problem of God and Its Implications for Secular Man, page 79:",
          "text": "They enhorted them to make trial of the Gospel since they would find their account in so doing.",
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          "ref": "1984, American Baptist Quarterly, volume 3, page 136:",
          "text": "But they were set apart from the congregation, and Paul is pictured as devoting his last visit not to enhorting the whole church but to caucusing with its leadership.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Satya Pal Ruhela, How to Receive Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Grace, page 24:",
          "text": "His followers are not members of a sect or cult, but people of all walks of life, cultural backgrounds and religions, for Baba enhorts us to seek the underlying unity and divinity in ourselves, in others and in our lives.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Roy Osborne, Renaissance Colour Symbolism, page 23:",
          "text": "It is of such great effect and virtue, moreover, Saint John in his Apocalypse enhorts us to buy braised gold in order to be rich.",
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        }
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        "(transitive) To encourage, to insist upon."
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