Synonyms:
urge, urge_on, press, exhort
Meaning: force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"
Synonyms:
cheer, root_on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge_on, exhort, pep_up
Meaning: spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
Usage examples
"And we have also learnt that the poison of the Pelagian heresy again springs up among you; we, therefore, exhort you, that you put away from your thoughts all such venomous and superstitious wickedness.
For you cannot be ignorant how that execrable heresy has been condemned; for it has not only been abolished these two hundred years, but it is also daily condemned by us and buried under our perpetual ban; and we exhort you not to rake up the ashes of those whose weapons have been burnt.