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单词 adhort
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adhortv.

Brit. /ədˈhɔːt/, /adˈhɔːt/, U.S. /ædˈhɔrt/, /ədˈhɔrt/
Forms: 1500s adort, 1500s–1600s 1800s– adhort.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin adhortārī.
Etymology: < classical Latin adhortārī to encourage, urge on < ad- ad- prefix + hortārī to incite (see hortation n.). Compare Middle French adhorter (1550, rare). Compare also earlier exhort v.
Now archaic and rare.
transitive. To exhort, urge; (also) to encourage, promote. Frequently with to or infinitive.
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the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > exhort
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urge1565
engage1647
a1500 [see adhorted adj.].
1539 R. Taverner Second Bk. Garden of Wysdome ii. f. 42v Adhortynge offycers and rulers to punysh offendours.
1566 T. Becon New Postil ii. f. 141v Christ doth first adhort this man to fayth: be of good confort, saith he, and doubt not, Thy synnes are forgeuen thee.
1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Eunuch iii. v, in Terence in Eng. 151 I adhort them thereto, and they make readie with speede.
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 231 Sadolet adhorted him vnto the studie of Philosophy.
a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. vi. §5 The writers in the Romane Church suffer, and obliquely adhort these inordinate Fasts, and other disciplines.
1893 Sat. Rev. 18 Mar. 301/1 Dr. Whyte adhorts and gives appetizing tastes to readers.
1990 P. J. Tomson Paul & Jewish Law vi. 253 Paul is adhorting gentile Christians to respect their Jewish brethren.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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