dehort
/dɪˈhɔːt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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: […]"
- "[…] Playes are writ with this ayme, and carryed with this methode, to teach the ſubiects Obedience to their King, to ſhew the people the vntimely ends of ſuch as haue moued tumults, commotions, and inſurrections, to preſent them with the flouriſhing eſtate of ſuch as liue in obedience, exhorting them to allegeance, dehorting them from all trayterous and fellonious ſtratagems."
- "[…] I prove the Lords Supper is no converting Ordinance; for if it were. 1. How dare any Miniſter ſeriouſly dehort any unworthy perſon from approaching to it? May we forbid ſinners to uſe the means of their converſion, eſpecially if they be ſuch as are not excommunicated nor caſt out of the Church, and do deſire to receive the Sacrament?"
- "And thus much for the ſecond thing conſiderable in the Dehortation; namely, the Thing we are therein dehorted from, which is, that mean, ſordid, and degrading Vice of Covetouſneſs."
- "Croker dehorts me from visiting Ireland, from which I do not need much dehortation, considering the aspect in that miserable country."
Etymology
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”)).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *gʰer-, dehortārī
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /dɪˈhɔːt/
- British English: /dɪˈhɔːt/