dehortatory
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Dehortatory — De*hort a*to*ry, a. [L. dehortatorius.] Fitted or designed to dehort or dissuade. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dehortatory — a. See dehortative … New dictionary of synonyms
dehortatory — dehorˈtative or dehorˈtatory adjective Dissuasive • • • Main Entry: ↑dehort … Useful english dictionary
Dissuasion — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dissuasion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dissuasion dissuasion dehortation expostulation remonstrance Sgm: N 1 deprecation deprecation &c. 766 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 discouragement discouragement damper … English dictionary for students
Advice — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Advice >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 advice advice counsel adhortation| Sgm: N 1 word to the wise word to the wise Sgm: N 1 suggestion suggestion submonition| recommendation advocacy Sgm: N 1 advisemement … English dictionary for students
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
