Definition of Exhrt
Ex*hort" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Exhorted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Exhorting.] [L. exhortari; ex out +
hortari to incite, encourage; cf. F. exhorter. See
Hortative.] To incite by words or advice; to animate or
urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address
exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or
caution.
Examples gross as earth exhort me.
Shak.
Let me exhort you to take care of
yourself. J. D. Forbes.
Ex*hort", v. i. To deliver
exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good
deeds.
With many other words did he testify and
exhort. Acts ii. 40.
Ex*hort", n. Exhortation.
[Obs.] Pope.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
EXHORT, v.t. In religious affairs, to put the conscience of another
upon the spit and roast it to a nut-brown discomfort.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- to urge; to advise earnestly
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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