From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishexhortex‧hort /ɪɡˈzɔːt $ -ɔːrt/ verb [transitive] formalPERSUADE to try very hard to persuade someone to do something SYN urgeexhort somebody to do something Police exhorted the crowd to remain calm. —exhortation /ˌeksɔːˈteɪʃən $ -ɔːr-/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table
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exhort• Ishmael is firmly committed to this experience, but here he exhorts against it.• It exhorts employers to give workers a better balance between home and working lives.• He would also exhort his children to read it, and laid great stress upon the utility of information.• The Corporation considered the £2,400 price was simply an attempt by the company to exhort public money.• Other players pumped their fists or otherwise exhorted the fans.• Bind tight and keep shoving, he exhorted them.exhort somebody to do something• He exhorted the workers to end the strike.Origin exhort (1300-1400) French exhorter, from Latin exhortari, from hortari “to suggest very strongly” 