单词 | dehortative |
释义 | dehortativeadj.n. A. adj. Having the quality or purpose of dehorting; dehortatory. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [adjective] > dissuasive dehorting1553 dissuasorya1575 dehortatory1576 dissuading1580 dissuasive1609 dehortative1620 retractive1635 1620 Woodward in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 181 Wryting..a dehortative letter against the match with Spayn. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 301 The words of the Apostle..are exhortative and dehortative. B. n. A dehortative address or argument. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [noun] > dissuasion > that which > address or argument expostulation1597 dehortatory1649 dehortative1671 1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 431 His words after the usual manner of dehortatives, do seem some what tending to the contrary extreme. 1824 L.-M. Hawkins Mem. II. 12 My father suggested that the horse-pond might be the best dehortative. 1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. (1860) v. 102 The doctor..warned me against the perils of authorship; adding, as a final dehortative, that ‘the shelves were full’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.1620 |
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