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   exhort

   /ɪɡˈzɔːt/

   verb

   • 1. strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something: "I exhorted her to be a good child"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French exhorter or Latin exhortari, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + hortari ‘encourage’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. exhortative adjective
   • 2. exhorter noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • E

     1

   • X

     8

   • H

     4

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • T

     1

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