exhortation en · NOUN
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Etymology
From Middle English exhortacioun, from Old French exhortacion, from Latin exhortātiōnem, accusative singular of exhortātiō (“encouraging; exhortation”), from exhortor (“to encourage, exhort”), from ex (“out of, from”) + hortor (“encourage”). By surface analysis, exhort + -ation.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act or practice of exhorting.
Earlier on the Other stage on Friday afternoon, Charli XCX took a more straightforward, rabble-rousing approach, a flurry of confetti cannon, inflatables and exhortations to wild hedonism: “I hope everyone gets really fucked up this weekend!”
2017 June 2, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2023:All gladly drew round the table, and Mrs. Palmer's exhortation of “Poor dears, do enjoy yourselves,” was fulfilled, even to her own satisfaction.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 47:His exhortations to his assistants to waste no time in getting on with the job, and to be tactful and courteous with those outside the railway service with whom they had to deal, are as apposite today as they were a century ago.
1958 August 14, “More Light on Brunel”, in Railway Magazine, page 516:
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(countable, uncountable) Language intended to give advice or to urge or encourage.
Come good Lorenzo, faryewell a while, Ile end my exhortation after dinner.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 164, column 1:And ye haue forgotten the exhortation which speaketh vnto you as vnto children, My sonne, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 12:5:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| exhortations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (37)
kk басалқа (Act or practice of exhorting) · pl upomnienie (Act or practice of exhorting) · sv uppmaning (Act or practice of exhorting) · pl nawoływanie (Incite and encourage) · pt exortação (Incite and encourage) · la exhortātiō (Incite and encourage) · cmn 勸告 /劝告 (Act or practice of exhorting) · hy հորդորանք (Incite and encourage) · kk басалқы (Act or practice of exhorting) · nl aanmoediging (Act or practice of exhorting) · hu buzdítás (Incite and encourage) · eo admono (Act or practice of exhorting) · pl napomnienie (Act or practice of exhorting) · hu buzdítás (Act or practice of exhorting) · cmn 規勸 /规劝 (Act or practice of exhorting) · bg увещание (Act or practice of exhorting) · tr teşvik (Incite and encourage) · hu serkentés (Incite and encourage) · la exhortātiō (Act or practice of exhorting) · tr uyarı (Act or practice of exhorting) · sh podsticanje (Act or practice of exhorting) · hu serkentés (Act or practice of exhorting) · cmn 激勵 /激励 (Incite and encourage) · nl aanmoediging (Incite and encourage) · tr tembih (Act or practice of exhorting) · fr exhortation (Act or practice of exhorting) · sh poticanje (Act or practice of exhorting) · tr tavsiye (Incite and encourage) · pl wzywanie (Incite and encourage) · sv erinran (Act or practice of exhorting) · el παραίνεση (Act or practice of exhorting) · sv förmaning (Act or practice of exhorting) · hy հորդորանք (Act or practice of exhorting) · pt exortação (Act or practice of exhorting) · es exhortación (Act or practice of exhorting) · sh pobuđivanje (Act or practice of exhorting) · bg съвет (Incite and encourage)