See Also: dehort(dictionary)

dehort (iou)



dehort verb. Now rare. M16.
[Latin dehortari dissuade, from de- DE- 1 + hortari exhort.]
verb trans. & intrans. Use exhortation to dissuade (a person). Now only foll. by from a course of action etc. M16.
J. Whitgift Christ doth not here dehort from bearing rule..but from seeking rule. Southey Croker dehorts me from visiting Ireland.
verb trans. Advise strongly against (a course of action etc.). M-L17.
Donne I am far from dehorting those fixed Devotions.
dehorter noun L16.