Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Exhort \Ex*hort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exhorted}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Exhorting}.] [L. exhortari; ex out + hortari to incite,
   encourage; cf. F. exhorter. See {Hortative}.]
   To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by
   arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address
   exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or
   caution.

         Examples gross as earth exhort me.       --Shak.

         Let me exhort you to take care of yourself. --J. D.
                                                  Forbes.