Exhorted is a transitive verb.
According to Merriam Webster dictionary exhorted means: To try to influence (someone) by words or advice. To strongly urge (someone) to do something.
Nathaniel Hawthorne used the word exhorted on page 5 of the class handout entitled, “Young Goodman Brown.”
Hawthorne wrote, “They continued to walk onward, while the elder traveler exhorted his companion to make good speed ….”
My understanding is that the elderly gentleman travelling with Goodman Brown was urging him to hurry so that they could get to where they were going quickly.
