exhort

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  2. verb force or impel in an indicated direction

Etymology

From Middle English exorten, from Old French exhorter, from Latin exhortārī (“to encourage”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + hortārī (“to incite, spur”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, pep up

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