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dissuasive

[dih-swey-siv]

adjective

tending or liable to dissuade.

Origin:
1600–10; dissuas(ion) + -ive

Related forms

dis·sua·sive·ly, adverb

dis·sua·sive·ness, noun

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dissuade (dɪˈsweɪd)

—vb
1.	(often foll by from) to deter (someone) by persuasion from a course of action, policy, etc
2.	to advise against (an action, etc)

[C15: from Latin dissuādēre, from dis-¹ + suādēre to persuade]

dis'suadable

—*adj*

dis'suader

—n

dis'suasion

—n

dis'suasive

—*adj*

dis'suasively

—*adv*

dis'suasiveness

—n

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