Dehortative

/diːˈhɔːtətɪv/ · adjective

Meaning

Dissuasive..

Definitions by Sense

1. Dissuasive.
2. (grammar) Indicating a negative imperative or cautionary sense.
3. Anything that serves to dissuade; a disincentive or discouragement.
4. (grammar) A syntactic marker, word, or phrase that indicates a dehortative sense.

Example Sentences

But the words of the Apostle (it will be said) are exhortative and dehortative.

He was plainly oblivious of the dehortative mandate, ' Let us not do evil that good may come,' and appeared to have no dread of the 'just damnation' of those who do it.

This text, which underscored the communal and dehortative dimensions of Puritan elegy, was immediately followed by the miracle of the feeding, a biblical analogy to the elegiac swerve from death to renewed life.

Many elegies contain stylized accounts of peaceful deaths that offered a dehortative contrast to the grief-stricken panic of the living.

The dehortative verb typically occurs preceding a subordinate verb, as Samoan ? aua ne ?i galo, Maori kaua e wareware 'don't forget!'.

The few adjectives that can be marked for dehortative or apprehensive mood are all physical property or human propensity adjectives.

For the sake of simplicity, the dehortative subject markers are treated as unanalyzed wholes;

My father taking me to see Dr. Raine, Master of the Charter House, the doctor, who was very kind and pleasant, but who probably drew none of our deductions in favour of the young writer's abilitites, warned me against the perils of authorship; adding, as a final dehortative, that " the shelves were full."

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• more dehortative
• most dehortative
• dehortatives

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