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单词 dehort
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dehort

[ dih-hawrt ]
/ dɪˈhɔrt /

verb (used with object) Archaic.

to try to dissuade.

Origin of dehort

1525–35; <Latin dēhortārī to dissuade, equivalent to dē-de- + hortārī to urge (hor(īrī) to urge + -t- frequentative suffix + -ārī infinitive suffix)

OTHER WORDS FROM dehort

de·hor·ta·tion [dee-hawr-tey-shuhn], /ˌdi hɔrˈteɪ ʃən/, nounde·hor·ta·tive, de·hor·ta·to·ry [dih-hawr-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /dɪˈhɔr təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective, nounde·hort·er, noun

Words nearby dehort

dehiscence, dehiscent, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, dehooker, dehorn, dehort, Dehra Dun, dehull, dehumanize, dehumidifier, dehumidify
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Example sentences from the Web for dehort

  • Exhort remains; but dehort a word whose place neither dissuade nor any other exactly supplies, has escaped us.

    English Past and Present|Richard Chevenix Trench
  • He says: "I dehort mine from Christmas keeping and charge them to forbear."

    Customs and Fashions in Old New England|Alice Morse Earle
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