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exhort \ig-ZORT\, transitive verb:
To incite by words or advice; to urge strongly; hence, to advise, warn, or caution.

intransitive verb:
To make urgent appeal; to give warning or advice.

Exhort derives from Latin exhortari, "to encourage strongly," from ex-, intensive prefix + hortari, "to incite, to encourage."

estivate \ES-tuh-vayt\ verb, also aestivate

To pass the summer in a dormant state.

From Latin aestivatus, past participle of aestivare, to reside during the summer.

(Like a summer version of hibernate.)
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