enhort
enhort · enhorts · enhorted · enhorting
To encourage, to insist uponTo encourage, to insist upon.
Meaning
1 sensesTo encourage, to insist upon.
Origin
Early uses are a survival of Middle English enhorten, from Old French enorter, from LatinEarly uses are a survival of Middle English enhorten, from Old French enorter, from Latin inhortor. The verb fell out of use during the 19th century and was formed anew in the last few decades of the 20th century as a blend of enjoin + exhort or a similar formation.
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Forms
enhorts, enhorting, enhorted, enhortedSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedenhortment
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle