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exhorted

exhorted is the simple past and past participle of exhort.

Meaning of exhort

Verb

exhort (third-person singular simple present exhorts, present participle exhorting, simple past and past participle exhorted)

  1. To urge; to advise earnestly.
    • And with many other words did hee testifie and exhort, saying, Saue your selues from this vntoward generation.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 2:40
    Antonyms:
    dehort, dissuade

Words formed from exhorted

Questions about exhorted

What is exhorted the simple past and past participle of?
Exhorted is the simple past and past participle of exhort.

Words near exhorted in the dictionary

  1. exhortatively
  2. exhortatives
  3. exhortator
  4. exhortators
  5. exhortatory
  6. exhorted
  7. exhorter
  8. exhorters
  9. exhortest
  10. exhorteth
  11. exhorting

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