dehort

American

[dih-hawrt] / dɪˈhɔrt /

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

to try to dissuade.

Other Word Forms

dehortation noun
dehortative adjective
dehortatory adjective
dehorter noun

Etymology

Origin of dehort

1525–35; < Latin dēhortārī to dissuade, equivalent to dē- de- + hortārī to urge ( hor ( īrī ) to urge + -t- frequentative suffix + -ārī infinitive suffix)

Example Sentences

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‘If the wasting of our money might not dehort us, yet the wounding of our mindes should deterre us.’

From The Bibliotaph and Other People by Vincent, Leon H. (Leon Henry)

Observing she was learned, and knew so well the duties of life, I turned my arguments rather to dehort her from this public procedure by examples, than precepts.

From The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 by Aitken, George A.

I do appear to you, to tell him of it, and to advise and dehort him from his evil ways.

From Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects by Aubrey, John

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