exhort
pronunciation
How to pronounce exhort in British English:
UK [ɪgˈzɔ:t]
How to pronounce exhort in American English:
US [ɪgˈzɔrt]
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- Verb:
- urge on or encourage especially by shouts
- force or impel in an indicated direction
Word Origin
- exhort (v.)
- c. 1400, "to exhort, encourage," from Old French exhorer (13c.) and directly from Latin exhortari "to exhort, encourage, stimulate" (see exhortation). Related: Exhorted; exhorting.
Example
- 1. And many more english teachers exhort their students to express themselves in a poem .
- 2. Mr cameron realised both were required , which is why he gave mr hilton the freedom to exhort and evangelise .
- 3. Through partnerships with restaurants and shopping center food courts , the government plans to exhort patrons to " get it right " with posters showing examples of singlish phrases crossed out and their equivalent meaning in english .
- 4. Graffiti splashed across the walls exhort the people of sidi bouzid to stand up for their rights and to fight for their freedom .
- 5. So mr abe would be wrong to exhort the bank of japan to buy specific bonds , and america 's republicans are wrong to carp at quantitative easing when the fed has , as instructed , kept inflation close to its target .