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Definition of Dehort
1. v. t. To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade.
Definition of Dehort
1. Verb. To dissuade ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dehort
1. to try to dissuade [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dehort
Literary usage of Dehort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the Bible: Dealing with Its Language, Literature, and by Andrew Bruce Davidson, James Hastings, Samuel Rolles Driver, John Alexander Selbie, Henry Barclay Swete (1908)
"Exhort " continuée, but " dehort," a word whose place " dissuade " does not
exactly supply, has escaped us ' *— Trench, Eng. Past and Près.1179. ..."
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