† adˈhort, v. Obs.
[ad. L. adhortā-ri to encourage, urge on; f. ad to + hortā-ri to incite.]
To urge, exhort, incite.
| 1539 Taverner Gard. Wysdome ii. 42 b, Adhortynge offycers and rulers to punysh offendours. 1598 R. Bernard Terence's Eunuch iii. v, I adhort them thereto, and they make readie with speede. 1605 Camden Rem. 231 Sadolet adhorted him vnto the studie of Philosophy. 1631 Donne Biathanatos (1644) 130 The writers in the Romane Church..obliquely adhort these inordinate Fasts and other disciplines. |