exhort
/ɛɡˈzɔɹt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.23 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "And with many other words did hee testifie and exhort, saying, Saue your selues from this vntoward generation."
- "And now, my dear sir, let me exhort you to take care of yourself."
- "Asked if he had any message for the living he exhorted all who were still at the wrong side of Maya to acknowledge the true path for it was reported in devanic circles that Mars and Jupiter were out for mischief on the eastern angle where the ram has power."
- "Finally, I would again exhort all railway photographers to concentrate on the older and disappearing types of engines, many of which will not be with us much longer."
- "Perhaps because he was determined to make up for having walked out on them, perhaps because Harry’s descent into listlessness galvanized his dormant leadership qualities, Ron was the one now encouraging and exhorting the other two into action."
- "Jon, watching the chaos unfold, is in shock. A Stark in spirit if not blood, he comes to the aid of a woman before she’s raped by a fellow soldier, but mostly, he’s struck dumb by the needless violence playing out around him, eventually able to do little more than exhort everyone to fall back and flee the city."
Etymology
From Middle English exorten, from Old French exhorter, from Latin exhortārī (“to encourage”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + hortārī (“to incite, spur”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɛɡˈzɔɹt/
- British English: /ɛɡˈzɔːt/
Inflected Forms
exhorts (present, singular)
exhorting (participle, present)
exhorted (participle, past)
exhorted (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
exhorted (first person, past)
exhortest (archaic, present)
exhorted (past, second person)
exhortedst (archaic, past)
exhorteth (archaic, present)
exhorted (past, singular)