exhortverb [ T + to infinitive ]
uk/ɪɡˈzɔːt/us/ɪɡˈzɔːrt/formalto strongly encourage or try to persuade someone to do something:
The governor exhorted the prisoners not to riot.
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Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- brainwash
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- get sth out of sb
- persuade
- persuasion
- preach
- press-gang
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- swing
- talk sb down
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
- work on sb
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exhortation
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˌeɡ.zɔːˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌeɡ.zɔːrˈteɪ.ʃən/
Despite the exhortations of the union leaders the workers voted to strike.
The book is essentially an exhortation to religious tolerance.