Exhort
verb
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
“The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers”
Similar: cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on
verb
force or impel in an indicated direction
“I urged him to finish his studies”
Similar: urge, urge on, press
Word family
exhortation · exhorted · exhorting