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Word Meanings - EXHORTATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable. 2. Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition. I'll end my exhortation after dinner. Shak.

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  • SUPPLICATE
    supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplicis, humbly begging or entreating; perhaps fr. sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease , or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of bending the knees . Cf. 1. To
  • SUGGESTER
    One who suggests. Beau. & Fl.
  • SUGGEST
    1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects. Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke. 2. To propose with difference or modesty;
  • PERSUADER
    One who, or that which, persuades or influences. "Powerful persuaders." Milton.
  • PERSUADED
    Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced. -- Per*suad"ed*ly, adv. -- Per*suad"ed*ness, n.
  • PRECEPTIAL
    Preceptive. would give preceptial medicine to rage. Shak.
  • SUGGESTRESS
    A woman who suggests. "The suggestress of suicides." De Quincey.
  • REPRESENTABLE
    Capable of being represented.
  • COMMANDING
    1. Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer. 2. Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence. 3. Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position. Syn.
  • SUGGESTION
    Information without oath; an entry of a material fact or circumstance on the record for the information of the court, at the death or insolvency of a party. (more info) 1. The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea. 2. That which is suggested;
  • REPRESENTANT
    Appearing or acting for another; representing.
  • ENTREATY
    1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. B. Jonson. 2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. Spenser. Syn. -- Solicitation; request; suit; supplication;
  • PRECEPTRESS
    A woman who is the principal of a school; a female teacher.
  • COMMANDATORY
    Mandatory; as, commandatory authority.
  • PETITIONARILY
    By way of begging the question; by an assumption. Sir T. Browne.
  • COMMANDO
    In South Africa, a military body or command; also, sometimes, an expedition or raid; as, a commando of a hundred Boers. The war bands, called commandos, have played a great part in the . . . military history of the country. James Bryce.
  • ENTREATFUL
    Full of entreaty. See Intreatful.
  • EXHORTATION
    1. The act of practice of exhorting; the act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good or commendable. 2. Language intended to incite and encourage; advice; counsel; admonition. I'll end my exhortation after dinner. Shak.
  • PETITIONEE
    A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition.
  • ORDERLY
    1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good
  • IMBORDER
    To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
  • MISORDER
    To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak.
  • IRREPRESENTABLE
    Not capable of being represented or portrayed.
  • ACCORDER
    One who accords, assents, or concedes.

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