exhort
verb
[ ɪɡˈzɔːt ]
• strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.
• "I exhorted her to be a good child"
Similar:
urge,
encourage,
call on,
enjoin,
adjure,
charge,
try to persuade,
press,
pressure,
put pressure on,
use pressure on,
pressurize,
lean on,
push,
egg on,
spur,
incite,
goad,
bid,
appeal to,
entreat,
implore,
beseech,
advise,
counsel,
admonish,
warn,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French exhorter or Latin exhortari, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + hortari ‘encourage’.
