This week's theme: archaic words. dehort (di-HORT) verb tr.
To discourage from doing something. [From Latin dehortari (to dissuade), from de- + hortari (to urge).] This well-meaning word has gone out of circulation while its antithesis "exhort" continues to prosper. It's about time to remedy the situation and bring this rather usable word back to currency. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "To those of his Friends that dehort him from Poetry." Thomas Randolph (1605-1635); On the Inestimable Content He Enjoys in the Muses. Sponsors' messages: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=mx0 Free! Extra issue of any of Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Subscribe at: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith7 ............................................................................ There is no greater fallacy than the belief that aims and purposes are one thing, while methods and tactics are another. -Emma Goldman, social activist (1869-1940) Our privacy policy: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered. We hate junk mail. Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/dehort.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/dehort.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/dehort.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
