1. spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts_________The word exhort has appeared in 121 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on April 13 in the essay “$2 and Some Pancakes Went Far at the 1969 Boston Marathon” by George A. Hirsch:Boston has four infamous hills between 16 and 21 miles, just where you don’t need them. The last is the dreaded Heartbreak Hill. I trudged up the first three, fearful about Heartbreak just ahead. Near the top, I heard a police officer on a bullhorn exhorting the runners. And tears welled up in my eyes.

Source: New York Times April 18, 2019 06:00 UTC