ex ‧ hort /ɪɡˈzɔːt $ -ɔːrt/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: French ; Origin: exhorter , from Latin exhortari , from hortari 'to suggest very strongly' ]
formal to try very hard to persuade someone to do something SYN urge
exhort somebody to do something
Police exhorted the crowd to remain calm.
—exhortation /ˌeksɔːˈteɪʃ ə n $ -ɔːr-/ noun [uncountable and countable]