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Definition of exhort verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

exhort

 verb
verb
NAmE//ɪɡˈzɔrt//
 
(formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they exhort
 
he / she / it exhorts
 
past simple exhorted
 
-ing form exhorting
 
 
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to try hard to persuade someone to do something synonym urge exhort somebody to do something The media have been exhorting people to come to the demonstration. exhort somebody to something They had been exhorted to action. exhort (somebody) + speech “Come on!” he exhorted (them).
exhortation
 
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NAmE//ˌɛɡzɔrˈteɪʃn//
 
, NAmE//ˌɛksɔrˈteɪʃn//
 
noun [countable, uncountable]See exhort in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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