Adhort
/ədˈhɔːrt/noun
To urge, encourage, or advise someone strongly to do something.
Did you know?Adhort belongs to the same Latin family as exhort, preserving an old rhetorical tradition in which powerful speech was treated as a force capable of directing human action.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
adhortārī
“To encourage, urge, or exhort toward something”
Late Latin
Latin
adhortātiō
“An encouragement, exhortation, or persuasive urging”
15th Century
English
adhort
“To urge or exhort; a learned borrowing from Latin”
16th–17th Century
English
adhort
“To advise or encourage strongly”
Modern English
English
adhort
“A rare verb meaning to urge or exhort”