dehort
Americanverb (used with object)
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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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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
‘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.
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