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dehortation|diːhɔːˈteɪʃən|
[ad. L. dēhortātiōn-em, n. of action from dēhortārī to dehort.]
1. The action of dehorting from a course; earnest dissuasion.
1529More Dyaloge iv. Wks. 273/2 Al the dehortacions and commynacions & threts in scripture. 1633T. Stafford Pac. Hib. xiv. (1821) 164 His Country people vsed loud and rude dehortations to keepe him from Church. 1737Whiston Josephus' Hist. ii. viii. §11 Exhortations to virtue, and dehortations from wickedness. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 240 It is the voice of earnest, emphatic dehortation, not to do what would displease God.
†2. Power or faculty of dehorting. Obs. rare—1.
1655R. Younge Agst. Drunkards 16 Oh that I had dehortation answerable to my detestation of it! |