She exhorted us to do better, but we only did worse.
•The boss exhorted the workers to increase productivity.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
exhort — [[t]ɪgzɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]] exhorts, exhorting, exhorted VERB If you exhort someone to do something, you try hard to persuade or encourage them to do it. [FORMAL] [V n to inf] Kennedy exhorted his listeners to turn away from violence... [V n with quote]… … English dictionary
exhort — ► VERB ▪ strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something. DERIVATIVES exhortation noun. ORIGIN Latin exhortari, from hortari encourage … English terms dictionary
exhort — UK [ɪɡˈzɔː(r)t] / US [ɪɡˈzɔrt] verb [transitive] Word forms exhort : present tense I/you/we/they exhort he/she/it exhorts present participle exhorting past tense exhorted past participle exhorted formal to try to persuade someone to do something… … English dictionary
exhort — ex|hort [ıgˈzo:t US o:rt] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: exhorter, from Latin exhortari, from hortari to suggest very strongly ] formal to try very hard to persuade someone to do something = ↑urge exhort sb to do sth ▪ Police exhorted… … Dictionary of contemporary English
exhort — verb (T) formal to try very hard to persuade someone to do something: exhort sb to do sth: He exhorted the troops to prepare for battle. exhortation noun (C, U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
exhort — ex|hort [ ıg zɔrt ] verb transitive FORMAL to try to persuade someone to do something: URGE ╾ ex|hor|ta|tion [ ,egzɔr teıʃn ] noun count or uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
exhort — [ɪg zɔ:t, ɛg ] verb strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something. Derivatives exhortation noun exhortative adjective exhortatory tət(ə)ri adjective exhorter noun … English new terms dictionary
hortatory — ► ADJECTIVE formal ▪ intended to exhort someone to do something. ORIGIN Latin hortatorius, from hortari exhort … English terms dictionary
exhortation — exhort ► VERB ▪ strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something. DERIVATIVES exhortation noun. ORIGIN Latin exhortari, from hortari encourage … English terms dictionary
urge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. solicit, plead, importune, advocate, exhort, incite, instigate; press, push. n. impulse, desire, ambition. See necessity, request, cause. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To present favorably] Syn. favor,… … English dictionary for students
enjoin — en·join /in jȯin/ vt [Anglo French enjoindre to impose, constrain, from Old French, from Latin injungere to attach, impose, from in on + jungere to join]: to prohibit by judicial order: issue an injunction against a three judge district court… … Law dictionary
