"exhort" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɛɡˈzɔːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪɡˈzɔːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛɡˈzɔɹt/ [General-American], /ɪɡˈzɔɹt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-exhort.ogg [US] Forms: exhorts [present, singular, third-person], exhorting [participle, present], exhorted [participle, past], exhorted [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], exhort [infinitive]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t Etymology: From Middle English exorten, from Old French exhorter, from Latin exhortārī (“to encourage”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + hortārī (“to incite, spur”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰer-|id=yearn}}, {{inh|en|enm|exorten}} Middle English exorten, {{der|en|fro|exhorter}} Old French exhorter, {{der|en|la|exhortor|exhortārī|to encourage}} Latin exhortārī (“to encourage”), {{pre|la|ex|hortor|alt2=hortārī|nocat=1|t1=out of, from|t2=to incite, spur}} ex- (“out of, from”) + hortārī (“to incite, spur”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} exhort (third-person singular simple present exhorts, present participle exhorting, simple past and past participle exhorted) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1}}
  1. To urge; to advise earnestly. Synonyms: counsel, implore, advise Derived forms: exhorter, exhortingly, unexhorted Related terms: dehort, exhortation, exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory Translations (to urge): увещавам (uveštavam) (Bulgarian), aansporen (Dutch), aanporren (Dutch), manen (Dutch), admoni (Esperanto), kehottaa (Finnish), exhorter (French), ermahnen (German), anhalten (German), bedrängen (German), verlangen (German), anspornen (German), drängen (German), hortor (Latin), exhortor (Latin), āki (Maori), hotahota (Maori), akiaki (Maori), namawiać (Polish), zachęcać (Polish), exortar (Portuguese), увещевать (uveščevatʹ) (Russian), подстаћи (Serbo-Croatian), exhortar (Spanish), förmana (Swedish), uppmana (Swedish), förorda (Swedish), ikaz etmek (Turkish), uyarmak (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to urge",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to urge",
      "word": "exhortar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to urge",
      "word": "förmana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to urge",
      "word": "uppmana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to urge",
      "word": "förorda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to urge",
      "word": "ikaz etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to urge",
      "word": "uyarmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "exhort"
}

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