— dehortation /dee'hawr tay"sheuhn/ , n. — dehortative, dehortatory /di hawr"teuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , adj. , n. — dehorter , n.
/di hawrt"/ , v.t. Archaic.
to try to dissuade.
[ 1525-35; dehortari to dissuade, equiv. to de- DE- + hortari to urge ( hor ( iri ) to urge + -t- freq. suffix + -ari inf. suffix) ]