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Definition
to urge strongly
- I have myself known two southern wives who exhorted their husbands to free those slaves towards whom they stood in a "parental relation;" and their request was granted.6 — The Jealous Mistress (94% in)
- I exhorted her to be a good child, to try to please the people where she was going, and that God would raise her up friends.27 — New Destination For The Children (59% in)
There are no more uses of "exhort" in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
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