exhort ex·hort vt

exhort ex·hort vt
[ɪɡ'zɔːt]
frm

to exhort sb (to sth/to do sth) — esortare qn (a qc/a fare qc)


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  • Exhort — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Exhort — Ex*hort , v. i. To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds. [1913 Webster] With many other words did he testify and exhort. Acts ii. 40. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Exhort — Ex*hort , n. Exhortation. [Obs.] Pope. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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 — ex•hort [[t]ɪgˈzɔrt[/t]] v. t. 1) to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently 2) to give urgent advice, recommendations, or warnings • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME ex(h) orte < L exhortārī to encourage = ex I+hortārī to urge… …   From formal English to slang

  • exhort — ex|hort Mot Agut Nom masculí …   Diccionari Català-Català

  • 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 — ex·hort || ɪg zɔːt v. urge strongly, advise earnestly, admonish, council …   English contemporary dictionary

  • exhort — ex·hort …   English syllables

  • de|hort´er — de|hort «dih HRT», transitive verb. to seek to dissuade: »Croker dehorts me from visiting Ireland (Robert Southey). ╂[< Latin dehortārī < dē from + hortārī exhort] –de|hort´er, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • de|hort — «dih HRT», transitive verb. to seek to dissuade: »Croker dehorts me from visiting Ireland (Robert Southey). ╂[< Latin dehortārī < dē from + hortārī exhort] –de|hort´er, noun …   Useful english dictionary

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