dehortatory

English

Etymology

Latin dehortatorius.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈhɔːtətɹi/

Adjective

dehortatory (comparative more dehortatory, superlative most dehortatory)

1. Fitted or designed to dehort or dissuade.
   • June 9 1644, Joseph Hall, A Sermon Preached […] in the Green-Yard of Norwich

     The Text you fee is a dehortatory charge to avoid the offence of God

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “dehortatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)