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dehorted

dehorted is the simple past and past participle of dehort.

Meaning of dehort

Verb

dehort (third-person singular simple present dehorts, present participle dehorting, simple past and past participle dehorted)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To dissuade.
    • Behold I haue opened vnto you the woorkes of darkneſſe, which you muſt caſt of, nowe I will geue you the armour of light, which you muſt put on, I haue dehorted you, and I hope thorowly diſſuaded you from labouring for the meate that periſheth: […]1580 January 8, James Bisse, “The ii. Sermon”, in Two Sermons Preached, the One at Paules Crosse the Eight of Ianuarie 1580. The Other, at Christes Churche in London the Same Day in the After Noone...

Questions about dehorted

What is dehorted the simple past and past participle of?
Dehorted is the simple past and past participle of dehort.

Words near dehorted in the dictionary

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

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