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verb
To dissuade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: encourage, exhort, persuade, urge
History
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”)).
