Exhorting
[ɪg'zɔ:tɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exhort
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Examples
- Mr. Bucket came out again, exhorting the others to be vigilant, darkened his lantern, and once more took his seat. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Lawrence Grills, exhorting that gentleman to save the brand who honoured the letter from the burning. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He paced the apartment to and fro, now vainly exhorting the terrified maiden to compose herself, now hesitating concerning his own line of conduct. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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