dehort
[ dih-hawrt ]
/ dɪˈhɔrt /
verb (used with object) Archaic.
to try to dissuade.
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)
OTHER WORDS FROM dehort
de·hor·ta·tion [dee-hawr-tey-shuh n] /ˌdi hɔrˈteɪ ʃən/, noun de·hor·ta·tive, de·hor·ta·to·ry [dih-hawr-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /dɪˈhɔr təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective, noun de·hort·er, nounWords nearby dehort
dehiscence,
dehiscent,
dehiwala-mount lavinia,
dehooker,
dehorn,
dehort,
dehra dun,
dehull,
dehumanize,
dehumidifier,
dehumidify
Example sentences from the Web for dehort
Exhort remains; but dehort a word whose place neither dissuade nor any other exactly supplies, has escaped us.
English Past and Present |Richard Chevenix TrenchHe says: "I dehort mine from Christmas keeping and charge them to forbear."
Customs and Fashions in Old New England |Alice Morse Earle