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adhortation

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

advice; exhortation

obsolete, rhetoric

Examples

“The use⟳ of this figure⟳ is great, and often necessarie and needfull to be used, the vertue and power whereof is worthie of high praise⟳ and commendation, for when commanding cannot force⟳, nor promises allure, nor commination terrifie, as alone by themselves working in their single strengthes: yet Adhortation having al these conjoyned with it, and also sundry reasons of mightie power, as helping hands to force⟳ and move⟳ the mind⟳ forward⟳, to a willing consent, doth prevaile in his purpose.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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