dehort

[ dih-hawrt ]

/ dɪˈhɔrt /

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verb (used with object) Archaic.

to try to dissuade.

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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)

de·hor·ta·tion

[dee-hawr-tey-shuhn], /ˌdi hɔrˈteɪ ʃən/, nounde·hor·ta·tive, de·hor·ta·to·ry

[dih-hawr-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /dɪˈhɔr təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective, nounde·hort·er, noun

Exhort remains; but dehort a word whose place neither dissuade nor any other exactly supplies, has escaped us.
English Past and Present|Richard Chevenix Trench
He says: "I dehort mine from Christmas keeping and charge them to forbear."
Customs and Fashions in Old New England|Alice Morse Earle