v. Obs. [ad. L. adhortā-ri to encourage, urge on; f. ad to + hortā-ri to incite.] To urge, exhort, incite.
1539. Taverner, Gard. Wysdome, II. 42 b. Adhortynge offycers and rulers to punysh offendours.
1593. R. Bernard, Terence’s Eunuch, III. v. I adhort them thereto, and they make readie with speede.
1605. Camden, Rem., 231. Sadolet adhorted him vnto the studie of Philosophy.
1631. Donne, Biathanatos (1644), 130. The writers in the Romane Church … obliquely adhort these inordinate Fasts and other disciplines.
