exhort

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ɛɡˈzɔːt/ or /ɪɡˈzɔːt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ɛɡˈzɔrt/ or /ɪɡˈzɔrt/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: ex‧hort

Verb

Plain form exhort

Third-person singular exhorts

Past tense exhorted

Past participle exhorted

Present participle exhorting

1. If you exhort a person, you encourage or urge them to do something.
   • Synonym: advise