† enˈhort, v. Obs.
Also 4 enhurte, 4–5 enort.
[a. OF. enhort-er, enort-er:—L. inhortāri, f. in- (see in-) + hortāri to exhort.]
trans. To exhort, encourage, incite. Const. to with inf., and simply. Also with n. as obj.: To recommend, suggest, insist upon.
| 1382 Wyclif 2 Sam. xi. 25 Coumfort thi fiȝters aȝens the cytee..and enhurte hem. 1388 ― Ep. Jerome iii, To Tymothe..he [Paul] wryteth, and enorteth the studie of lessoun. 1483 Caxton G. de la Tour G iij, Euery good woman ought to enhorte her husbond to serue God. |
Hence enˈhorting, vbl. n.; enˈhortment, the action of exhorting, an exhortation.
| 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 150/2 Eue by thenhortyng of the deuyl gaf ther consente to doo the synne of Inobedyence. 1475 ― Jason 124 Peleus sente you into colchos by his enhortement. |