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exhort(dictionary)

exhort (oh)



[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
-synonym urge urge exhort sb to do sth
::Police exhorted the crowd to remain calm.
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