~ sb (to sth / to do sth) (formal) to try hard to persuade sb to do sth
SYNURGE:
[VNtoinf] The party leader exhorted his members to start preparing for government. * [VN] They had been exhorted to action. [also Vspeech, VNspeech]
exhortation noun [C,U]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is exhort a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, exhort is tagged as verb.
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