EXHORT

PRONUNCIATION: (ig-ZORT)

MEANING: verb tr., intr.: To urge, persuade, advise, etc. earnestly.
noun: The act or an instance of earnest urging, advising, etc.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin ex- (out) + hortari (to urge). Ultimately from the Indo-European root gher- (to like or want), which also gave us yearn, charisma, greedy, and hortatory. Earliest documented use: 1475.
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SEXHORT - attempt to seduce

EXSHORT - a dwarf after receiving Growth Hormone. Sometimes, anyway

EPHORT - What you get an "E" for in Spelling class. Nice try, but...no.