单词 | adhortation |
释义 | adhortationn. Now rare. An address or communication that urges or strongly encourages a person to do something; an exhortation. Also: the action of making such an address; strong encouragement. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > exhortation admonishmentc1275 instancec1340 exhortationc1384 exhortc1475 enhortment1477 enhorting1483 exhorting1490 adhortation1536 hortationc1540 exhortary1584 urging1615 cohortation1642 exhortancea1662 adjuration1782 evangelism1908 1536 R. Morison Remedy for Sedition sig. Eiv The swete adhortations, the hyghe and assured promises that God maketh unto us. 1574 T. Tymme tr. J. de Serres Three Partes Comm. Ciuill Warres Fraunce ii. iv. 3 The daily adhortations of the Martiall..greatly vrged and pressed the Constable. 1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices iv. 166 The prowesse of a Generall, may not onely consist in gallant adhortation, fierie speeches, verball blowes, and fierce menaces. 1651 J. F. tr. H. C. Agrippa Three Bks. Occult Philos. Ep. sig. A4 Your ardent adhortation put courage, and boldness into me. 1659 R. Gell Ess. Amendm. Transl. Bible 604 A forcible cohortation, adhortation, or manifold exhortation. 1788 S. Johnson Dramat. Writings Shakspere XII. 84 The word of command as given by Hotspur in his sleep, is preceded by an adhortation..‘Courage’. 1844 N. Brit. Rev. 2 97 In no sense can this Discourse be spoken of as a practical adhortation to duty. 1858 West of Scotl. Mag. & Rev. May 544 They went out in the Loch this afternoon. Mrs. Cameron, with sundry adhortations, committed Charley to them, and implored them to take care. 1918 Med. Rev. of Reviews 24 346/2 The scriptural injunction to pluck out an offending right eye might constrain one to pause, but the same adhortation applied to a diseased tonsil could only elicit approval. 2000 Harvard Theol. Rev. 93 187 Latin inscriptions give similar adhortations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1536 |
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