Ex-hôrt′1, n.
(egz-hôrt′), n. The act of exhorting; an exhortation. [Obs.] Pope.
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Exhort
Ex-hōrt'2, v. t.
(egz-hōrt'), v. t. [imp. & p. p. EXHORTED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXHORTING.] [Fr. exhorter, Sp. exhortar, It. esortare, Lat. exhortari, from ex, out of, from, and hortari, to incite, encourage.] To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or to any laudable conduct or course of action; to stimulate; to urge; to advise, warn, or caution.
Examples gross as earth exhort me. Shak.
Ex-hôrt'3, v. i.
To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds. And with many other words did he testify and exhort. Acts ii. 40.