DEHORT

Etymology

Verb

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

Anagrams

• red hot, red-hot, redhot

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

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