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dehorting

dehorting is the present participle and gerund 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 dehorting

What is dehorting the present participle and gerund of?
Dehorting is the present participle and gerund of dehort.

Words near dehorting in the dictionary

  1. dehortatives
  2. dehortatory
  3. dehorted
  4. dehorter
  5. dehorters
  6. dehorting
  7. dehorts
  8. dehospitalization
  9. dehospitalizations
  10. dehospitalize
  11. dehospitalized

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