Dehortatory

Dehortatory
Dehortatory De*hort"a*to*ry, a. [L. dehortatorius.] Fitted or designed to dehort or dissuade. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]

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  • de|hor|ta|tive — «dih HR tuh tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having the quality or purpose of dehorting. 2. = dehortatory (Cf. ↑dehortatory) –n. a dehortative address or argument …   Useful english dictionary

  • Dissuasive — Dis*sua sive, a. Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory; as, dissuasive advice. n. A dissuasive argument or counsel; dissuasion; dehortation. Prynne. {Dis*sua sive*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dissuasively — Dissuasive Dis*sua sive, a. Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory; as, dissuasive advice. n. A dissuasive argument or counsel; dissuasion; dehortation. Prynne. {Dis*sua sive*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dehort — 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; < L dehortari to dissuade, equiv. to de DE + hortari to urge (hor(iri)… …   Universalium

  • remonstrative — I adjective admonitive, admonitory, argumentative, censorious, contentious, corrective, critical, dehortative, dehortatory, demurring, deprecative, deprecatory, discouraging, disputatious, dissuasive, enjoining, expostulatory, exprobrative,… …   Law dictionary

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