Definitions For Dehort

Verb

{{en-verb}} (transitive, rare, or, obsolete) To dissuade. from mid 16th c. : {{antonyms, en, encourage, exhort, persuade, urge}}

Derived terms

{{der3, en, dehortation, dehortatory, dehorter, dehorting {{qualifier, noun}}}}

Related terms

{{rel3, en, exhort, exhorter, exhortation, exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory}}

Translations

to dissuade, dissuade

Etymology

{{PIE root, en, ǵʰer, id=yearn}} From {{der, en, la, dehortārī}}, {{glossary, present}} {{glossary, active}} {{glossary, infinitive}} of dēhortor, , to deter, dissuade, from dē-, , prefix indicating reversal or undoing + hortor, , to encourage, exhort, urge{{R:OED Online, part of speech=v, id=49146, date=1894, nodot=yes}}; {{R:Lexico}} (ultimately from {{der, en, ine-pro, *ǵʰer-, , to yearn for}}).

Anagrams

red hot, red-hot, redhot