All 4 Uses of
exhort
in
The Scarlet Letter
- With his own ghostly voice he had exhorted me, on the sacred consideration of my filial duty and reverence towards him—who might reasonably regard himself as my official ancestor—to bring his mouldy and moth-eaten lucubrations before the public.†
Chpt Intr.
- It behoves you; therefore, to exhort her to repentance and to confession, as a proof and consequence thereof.†
Chpt 3 *
- Exhort her to confess the truth!†
Chpt 3
- Clergymen paused in the streets, to address words of exhortation, that brought a crowd, with its mingled grin and frown, around the poor, sinful woman.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(exhort) to urge strongly