Exhorting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exhort \Ex*hort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhorted}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Exhorting}.] [L. exhortari; ex out + hortari to incite,
     encourage; cf. F. exhorter. See {Hortative}.]
     To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by
     arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address
     exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or


     caution.
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           Examples gross as earth exhort me.       --Shak.
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           Let me exhort you to take care of yourself. --J. D.
                                                    Forbes.
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