Usually means: Discourages action through verbal expression.
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  1. dehortative: Collins English Dictionary
  2. dehortative: Wordnik
  3. dehortative: Wiktionary
  4. Dehortative, dehortative: Dictionary.com
  5. Dehortative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. dehortative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Dehortative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. dehortative: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Dehortative: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. dehortative: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (dehortative)

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

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