dehort

verb /dɪˈhɔːt/

1. To dissuade.

   obsolete, rare, transitive

   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: […]

Where it comes from

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”)).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry dehort (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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