EXHORT', verb transitive egzhort'. [Latin exhortor; ex and hortor, to encourage, to embolden, to cheer, to advise. The primary sense seems to be to excite or to give strength, spirit or courage.] 1. To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments to a good deed or to any laudable conduct or course of action. I exhort you to be of good cheer. Acts 27:22. Young men also exhort to be sober minded. EXHORT servants to be obedient to their masters. Titus 2:6. 2. To advise; to warn; to caution. 3. To incite or stimulate to exertion. EXHORT', verb intransitive To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds. And with many other words did he testify and exhort Acts 2:40.
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