Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-HORT'
DEHORS-DU-COMBATDE-HORT-A'TION
DE-HORT', v.t. [L. dehortor, to dissuade; de and hortor, to advise.]
To dissuade; to advise to the contrary; to counsel not to do nor to undertake. – Wilkins. Ward.
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