1) Admonish 2) Admonish strongly 3) Admonish urgently 4) Barrack 5) Caution earnestly 6) Cheer 7) Cheer on 8) Encourage 9) French word used in English 10) Give a pep talk 11) Give a pep talk to 12) Incite by argument 13) Inspire 14) Pep up 15) Prompt 16) Spur on 17) To advise earnestly 18) To urge 19) Urge Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/exhort
• (v. t.) To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or caution. • (v. i.) To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds. • (n.) Exhortation. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/exhort/
Ex·hort' intransitive verb To deliver exhortation; to use words or arguments to incite to good deeds. « With many other words did he testify and exhort .» Acts ii. 40. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/87
Ex·hort' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Exhorted ; present participle & verbal noun Exhorting .] [ Latin exhortari ; ex out + hortari to incite, encourage; confer French exhorter . See Hor... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/87