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dehortatory

UK/diːˈhɔːtətɹi/

dehortatory adjective: designed to dehort (dissuade); dissuasive.

Adjective

dehortatory (comparative more dehortatory, superlative most dehortatory)

  1. (archaic) designed to dehort (dissuade); dissuasive
    • June 9 1644, Joseph Hall, A Sermon Preached […] in the Green-Yard of Norwich
      The Text you fee is a dehortatory charge to avoid the offence of God

Forms of dehortatory

comparativemore dehortatory
superlativemost dehortatory

Origin of dehortatory

Latin dehortatorius.

Questions about dehortatory

What does dehortatory mean?
Dehortatory means designed to dehort (dissuade); dissuasive.
What part of speech is dehortatory?
Dehortatory is an adjective.
How do you pronounce dehortatory?
Dehortatory is pronounced /diːˈhɔːtətɹi/ (UK).

Words near dehortatory in the dictionary

  1. dehortatio
  2. dehortation
  3. dehortations
  4. dehortative
  5. dehortatives
  6. dehortatory
  7. dehorted
  8. dehorter
  9. dehorters
  10. dehorting
  11. dehorts

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