disadvise

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ advise.

Verb

disadvise (third-person singular simple present disadvises, present participle disadvising, simple past and past participle disadvised)

1. (transitive, rare) To advise against.
   • a. 1691, Robert Boyle, Works, Volume V, page 464

     I had a clear reason to disadvise the purchase of it.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling‎^[1], Digitized edition, volume 1, published 2008, page 123:

     In this case, therefore, I conceive the plaintiff must be nonsuited and I should disadvise the bringing any such action.

   • 2009, ARJ Schneider, S Klueber, HG Posselt, B Funk, Lydia Murzynski, Wolfgang F. Caspary, Juergen Stein, “Application of the Glucose Hydrogen Breath Test for the Detection of Bacterial Overgrowth in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis––A Reliable Method?”, in Digestive diseases and Sciences, Springer:

     Dietary recommendations for patients with CF generally disadvise an excessive intake of complex carbohydrates

2. (transitive, rare) To dissuade.
   • 1855, Anthony Trollope, The Chronicles of Barsetshire: The Warden‎^[2]:

     I am sure he disadvised you from it

   • 1888, Parliamentary Papers‎^[3], volume 74, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, page 9:

     The Convention sanctioned the exercise in Bechuanaland of that Imperial influence and protection which Sir Hercules had opposed at Pretoria and disadvised Her Majesty's Government against, as quoted above.

   • 1928, The Tea & Coffee Trade Journal: Representing the Tea, Coffee, Spice, and Fine Grocery Trades‎^[4], volume 55:

     At the time I used to wonder whether he knew his subject or whether he did not wish to part with his knowledge. From his subsequent career I have come to the conclusion that the former was the case. He disadvised me from studying books

Usage notes

• Never commonly used by native speakers.
• Used more commonly by non-native speakers to translate words in their native languages, especially in medicine and engineering.

Synonyms

• (advise against): counteradvise, dissuade

References

• “disadvise”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Scots

Etymology

dis- +‎ advise

Verb

disadvise (third-person singular simple present disadvises, present participle disadvisin, simple past disadvised, past participle disadvised)

1. to warn against, disadvise
2. to disrecommend

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.