MEANING
To urge someone strongly and seriously to do something.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- exhort someone to act
- exhort the crowd
- exhort restraint
On the page
The captain exhorted the crew to hold their position while the river rose.
From the steps, she exhorted restraint rather than promising revenge.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- exhort
- Past tense
- exhorted
- Past participle
- exhorted
- Present participle
- exhorting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- exhort
- Present continuous
- am/is/are exhorting
- Present perfect
- have/has exhorted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been exhorting
- Past
- exhorted
- Past continuous
- was/were exhorting
- Past perfect
- had exhorted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been exhorting
- Future
- will exhort
- Future continuous
- will be exhorting
- Future perfect
- will have exhorted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been exhorting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: exhort; exhorts; exhorted; exhorted; exhorting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: exhorts.
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