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exhort

verb

ɪɡˈzɔːrt

Meaning

To strongly encourage or urge someone to do something.

The teacher exhorted students to work hard for exams.

The teacher exhorted the students to study harder.

exhort to action

urge, encourage, advise, press, persuade

Entry 1

urge, encourage, advise

Entry 2

urge, encourage, advise, press, persuade

discourage, dissuade, restrain

Entry 1

discourage, dissuade, restrain

Entry 2

dissuade, discourage

exhort someone to, exhort the crowd, exhort the team

to continue trying to achieve something despite difficulty or delay

to arrange or organize into categories or groups

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