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dehortative, a. and n.|dɪˈhɔːtətɪv|
[ad. L. dēhortātīv-us, f. ppl. stem of dēhortārī: see -ive.]
A. adj. Having the quality or purpose of dehorting; dehortatory.
1620Woodward in Gutch Coll. Cur. I. 181 Wryting..a dehortative letter against the match with Spayn. c1810Coleridge in Lit. Rem. III. 301 The words of the Apostle are exhortative and dehortative.
B. n. A dehortative address or argument.
1671True Nonconf. 431 His words after the usual manner of dehortatives, do seem some what tending to the contrary extreme. 1824L. M. Hawkins Memoirs II. 12 My father suggested that the horse-pond might be the best dehortative. 1850L. Hunt Autobiog. v. (1860) 102 The doctor..warned me against the perils of authorship; adding, as a final dehortative, that ‘the shelves were full’. |