释义 |
exhortexhort /ɪgˈzɔrt/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYexhortOrigin: 1300-1400 French exhorter, from Latin exhortari, from hortari to suggest very strongly VERB TABLEexhort |
Present | I, you, we, they | exhort | | he, she, it | exhorts | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | exhorted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have exhorted | | he, she, it | has exhorted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had exhorted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will exhort | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have exhorted |
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Present | I | am exhorting | | he, she, it | is exhorting | | you, we, they | are exhorting | Past | I, he, she, it | was exhorting | | you, we, they | were exhorting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been exhorting | | he, she, it | has been exhorting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been exhorting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be exhorting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been exhorting |
formal to try very hard to persuade someone to do something, especially through a speech: exhort somebody to do something He exhorted the workers to end the strike.—exhortation /ˌɛksɔrˈteɪʃən, ˌɛgzɚ-/ noun [countable, uncountable] |