enhort

Etymology

Early uses are a survival of Middle English enhorten, from Old French enorter, from Latin inhortor. The verb fell out of use during the 19th century and was formed anew in the last few decades of the 20th century as a blend of enjoin + exhort or a similar formation.

enhort means to encourage, to insist upon. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why “enhort” is a great word

ENHORT — [Verb] To urge or encourage with a particular, insistent pressure. From Middle English enhorten, from Old French enorter, from Latin inhortor ("to urge, encourage"). The modern use is a 20th-century revival, possibly formed as a blend of 'enjoin' and 'exhort'. Unlike "exhort," which rings with formal admonition, or "encourage," which offers general support, to enhort is to press a case with quiet, dogged persistence. It is the friend on a long walk refusing to let you abandon your own better plan, the steady drizzle that finally soaks the soil, the low, insistent voice that counters every excuse in the gray hour before dawn—a quiet force that wears resistance down with the soft friction of insistence.

verb

To encourage, to insist upon.“I have nothing more to add at present, but once more to enhort You, not to mind the barkings of Your envious contrymen.”