dehort

dehort
dehortation /dee'hawr tay"sheuhn/, n.dehortative, dehortatory /di hawr"teuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj., n.dehorter, n.
/di hawrt"/, v.t. Archaic.
to try to dissuade.
[1525-35; < L dehortari to dissuade, equiv. to de- DE- + hortari to urge (hor(iri) to urge + -t- freq. suffix + -ari inf. suffix)]

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