Exhort
Exhort , transitive verb
[Latin exhortari; ex out + hortari to incite, encourage; compare French exhorter. See Hortative.]
To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or caution.
Examples gross as earth exhort me.
Let me exhort you to take care of yourself.
Exhort , intransitive verb
To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds.
With many other words did he testify and exhort.
Exhort , noun
Exhortation. [Obsolete] — Pope