EXHORT
Dictionary entry overview: What does exhort mean?
• EXHORT (verb)
The verb EXHORT has 2 senses:
1. urge on or encourage especially by shouts
2. force or impel in an indicated direction
Familiarity information: EXHORT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EXHORT (verb)
Meaning:
Urge on or encourage especially by shouts
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
pep up; exhort; urge on; barrack; urge; inspire; cheer
Context example:
The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
Hypernyms (to "exhort" is one way to...):
encourage (inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exhort"):
cheerlead (act as a cheerleader in a sports event)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They exhort him to write the letter
Meaning:
Force or impel in an indicated direction
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
urge; exhort; press; urge on
Context example:
I urged him to finish his studies
Hypernyms (to "exhort" is one way to...):
advise; counsel; rede (give advice to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exhort"):
hurry; rush (urge to an unnatural speed)
bear on; push (press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action)
advocate; preach (speak, plead, or argue in favour of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sentence examples:
Sam cannot exhort Sue
They exhort him to write the letter
