EXHORT


Meaning of EXHORT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪgzɔ:(r)t ]

( exhorts, exhorting, exhorted)

If you exhort someone to do something, you try hard to persuade or encourage them to do it. ( FORMAL )

Kennedy exhorted his listeners to turn away from violence...

He exhorted his companions, ‘Try to accomplish your aim with diligence’.

= urge

VERB : V n to-inf , V n with quote

• ex‧hor‧ta‧tion

(exhortations)

Foreign funds alone are clearly not enough, nor are exhortations to reform.

N-VAR

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