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dehortatory, a. and n.|dɪˈhɔːtətərɪ|
[ad. L. dēhortātōri-us, f. dēhortārī: see -ory.]
A. adj. Characterized by dehortation; dissuasory.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. Epit. B, Those places which are used..in an epistle Exhortatorie and Dehortatorie. 1644Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 103 A dehortatory charge to avoid the offence of God. 1804Southey Lett. (1856) I. 251, I wrote to him in rather a dehortatory strain.
†B. n. A dehortatory address. Obs.
1648Milton Observ. Art. Peace (1851) 581 That fair dehortatory from joyning with Malignants. |