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Definition: Dehort
Dehort
\De*hort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Dehorted; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Dehorting.] [L. dehortari; de- + hortari to urge,
exhort.]
To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade. [Obs.]
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The apostles vehemently dehort us from unbelief. --Bp.
Ward.
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“Exhort” remains, but dehort, a word whose place
neither
“dissuade” nor any other exactly supplies,
has escaped us. --Trench.
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