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exhort

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
exhort /ɪgˈzɔːt, ɛg-/

▶verb strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.

– derivatives
exhortation noun,
exhortative adjective,
exhortatory /-tət(ə)ri/ adjective,
exhorter noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. exhorter or L. exhortari, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + hortari ‘encourage’.

'exhort' also found in these Oxford entries:

admonish - hortatory

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