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exhort (verb), exhorts; exhorted; exhorting
To make a passionate, authoritative command or urging to do something: The coach was exhorting his football team to get a good night's sleep before the game the following day.

The fitness trainer continuously exhorts his elderly clients to eat properly and to exercise at least four or five times a week so they can extend their lives in good physical condition.

To strongly advise or to urge people to give up a habit.
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exhort, export, extort
exhort (ig ZORT) (verb)
To raise interest in something by strong argument or urging: The student leader attempted to exhort his friends to march to the government buildings.
export (ik SPORT, ik SPOHRT, EK sport", EK spohrt") (verb)
To arrange for and to send goods or ideas from one location to another one: The people were proud to be able to export their grain crops to poor countries.
extort (ik STORT) (verb)
To obtain something through intimidation or illegal power: The courts realized that the gangster had tried to extort money from the business owners.

The president of the union tried to exhort his members to boycott the export of expensive products. It was believed that the politicians were trying to extort the union president for their own means.

This entry is located in the following units: Confusing Words Clarified: Group E; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. + (page 4) ex-, e-, ef- (page 3) tors-, tort-, -tort, tortu-, torqu- (page 1)
Word Entries at Get Words: “exhort”
exhort, exhorts; exhorted; exhorting
To advise or to urge earnestly; to greatly encourage. (1)
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