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exhort

/ɪɡˈzɔːt/ig-ZAWRT
/ɪɡˈzɔɹt/ig-ZAWRT

Meaningurge strongly

Common meaning: strongly encourage someone

Journey through time

  1. Latinexhortari‘urge strongly’source
  2. Frenchexhorter‘urge’source
  3. Middle Englishexhorten‘urge’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsurge → strongly encourage someoneexhort‘strongly encourage someone’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin exhortari ‘urge strongly’.

Roots

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