dehort means to dissuade. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
dehort is pronounced /dɪˈhɔːt/.
Why “dehort” is a great word
DEHORT — [Verb] To counsel authoritatively against a proposed action; to dissuade with formal urgency. From the Latin dēhortārī, from dē- (indicating reversal) and hortārī ("to urge, encourage"). Unlike "dissuade," a general discouragement, or "exhort," its direct and vigorous opposite, to dehort is a formal, grave counsel of restraint, delivered from a position of authority. It is the elder statesman’s weary shake of the head before a declaration of war, the cold logic of a king’s advisor, or the friend’s final, reasoned argument laid before a leap—the quiet and thankless act of urging someone not to become the hero of their own story.
verb
- To dissuade.“Behold I haue opened vnto you the woorkes of darkneſſe, which you muſt caſt of, nowe I will geue you the armour of light, which you muſt put on, I haue dehorted you, and I hope thorowly diſſuaded you from labouring for the meate that periſheth: […]”