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Webster 1913 Edition
Dehort
De-hort′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dehorted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dehorting
.] [L.
dehortari
; de-
+ hortari
to urge, exhort.] To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade.
[Obs.]
The apostles vehemently
dehort
us from unbelief. Bp. Ward.
“Exhort” remains, but
dehort
, a word whose place neither “dissuade” nor any other exactly supplies, has escaped us. Trench.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dehort
DEHORT
,Verb.
T.