exhortation
Collocations
3ADJ.
poor
EXHORTATION + NOUN
dears, history, wikipedia
ADV.
then
Definitions
noun
The act or practice of exhorting.
All gladly drew round the table, and Mrs. Palmer's exhortation of “Poor dears, do enjoy yourselves,” was fulfilled, even to her own satisfaction.
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.
Language intended to give advice or to urge or encourage.
Come good Lorenzo, faryewell a while, Ile end my exhortation after dinner.
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.
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Synonyms
noun — the act of exhorting
- incitement
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Example Bank
6All gladly drew round the table, and Mrs. Palmer's exhortation of “Poor dears, do enjoy yourselves,” was fulfilled, even to her own satisfaction.
WiktionaryHis 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
WiktionaryEarlier 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 eve
WiktionaryThe exhortation "Don't quote Wikipedia" was included in the Asahi newspaper of yesterday or the day before.
Tatoeba · #328380Despite Hippocrates' very first exhortation, the history of medicine abounds in needless torture and bad counsel.
Tatoeba · #2027754What, then, is the exhortation I give you? I urge you to be saved.
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