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Webster 1913 Edition


Dehort

De-hort′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dehort

DEHORT

,
Verb.
T.
[L. To dissuade; to advise.] To dissuade; to advise to the contrary; to counsel not to do nor to undertake.

Definition 2024


dehort

dehort

English

Verb

dehort (third-person singular simple present dehorts, present participle dehorting, simple past and past participle dehorted)

  1. To dissuade

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