Verb exhort has 2 senses
  1. cheer, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up - urge on or encourage especially by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
    --1 is one way to encourage
    Derived forms: noun exhortation1, noun exhortation2
    Sample sentence:
    They exhort him to write the letter
  2. urge, urge on, press, exhort - force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"
    --2 is one way to advise, counsel
    Derived forms: noun exhortation1, noun exhortation2
    Sample sentences:
    Sam cannot exhort Sue
    They exhort him to write the letter
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