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de⋅hort
[di-hawrt] 
–verb (used with object) Archaic.
| to try to dissuade. |
Origin:
1525–35; < L dēhortārī to dissuade, equiv. to dē- de- + hortārī to urge (hor(īrī) to urge + -t- freq. suffix + -ārī inf. suffix)
1525–35; < L dēhortārī to dissuade, equiv. to dē- de- + hortārī to urge (hor(īrī) to urge + -t- freq. suffix + -ārī inf. suffix)
Related forms:
de⋅hor⋅ta⋅tion [dee-hawr-tey-shuhn] , noun
[dee-hawr-tey-shuhn] , noun de⋅hor⋅ta⋅tive, de⋅hor⋅ta⋅to⋅ry [di-hawr-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective, noun
[di-hawr-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective, noun de⋅hort⋅er, noun
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Dehort
De*hort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dehorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dehorting.] [L. dehortari; de- + hortari to urge, exhort.] To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade. [Obs.] The apostles vehemently dehort us from unbelief. --Bp. Ward. "Exhort" remains, but dehort, a word whose place neither "dissuade" nor any other exactly supplies, has escaped us. --Trench.
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