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dehorts

dehorts is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 dehorts

What is dehorts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dehorts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dehort.

Words near dehorts in the dictionary

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

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