Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete, rare)To dissuade.

Origin

From Latin dehortārī, present active infinitive of dēhortor (“to deter, dissuade”), from d

From Latin dehortārī, present active infinitive of dēhortor (“to deter, dissuade”), from dē- (prefix indicating reversal or undoing) + hortor (“to encourage, exhort, urge”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn for”)).

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Forms

dehorts, dehorting, dehorted, dehorted
Base formdehort · to dehort
3rd person singulardehorts
Present participledehorting
Past simpledehorted
Past participledehorted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydehort
he, she, itdehorts

Past simpleLesson

all personsdehorted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dehorted
he, she, ithas dehorted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dehort

Antonyms

4 antonyms
encourageA2exhortpersuadeB1urgeB2

Word family

10 related words
Relatedexhortexhortationexhortativeexhortatoryexhorterhortativehortatory
Deriveddehortationdehortatorydehorter

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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