exhort
/ig-ZORT/verbto strongly urge someone to do something
“The captain exhorted the crew through the final leg.”
- Synonyms
- urge, encourage, press
- Antonyms
- discourage, deter
- Memory hook
- ex + hortari (encourage): encouragement at full volume.
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