dehort

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dehort

/dɪˈhɔːt/ US, UK
/diː-/ US, UK

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From Latin dehortārī, present active infinitive of dēhortor (“to deter, dissuade”), from dē- (prefix indicating reversal or undoing) + hortor (“to encourage, exhort, urge”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn for”)).

verb dehorts · dehorting · dehorted

obsolete, rare, transitive To dissuade. Behold I haue opened vnto you the woorkes of darkneſſe, which you muſt caſt of, nowe I will geue you the armour of light, which you muſt put on, I haue dehorted you, and I hope thorowly diſſuaded you from labouring for the meate that periſheth: […]
Opposite: encourage, exhort, persuade, urge

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@misc{dehort_2026,
  title = {dehort},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dehort},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}