verb Dehort v. t. (past & past part. dehorted; pres. part. dehorting) To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade. (Obs.) "The apostles vehemently dehort us from unbelief." ""Exhort" remains, but dehort, a word whose place neither "dissuade" nor any other exactly supplies, has escaped us."
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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