dehort (third-person singular simple present dehorts, present participle dehorting, simple past and past participle dehorted)
(transitive, rare or obsolete) To dissuade. [from mid 16th c.]
Antonyms: encourage, exhort, persuade, urge
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Source: Wiktionary
De*hort", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dehorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dehorting.] Etym: [L. dehortari; de- + hortari to urge, exhort.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
