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dis⋅sua⋅sive

  [di-swey-siv]
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–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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dis·sua·sion   (dĭ-swā'zhən)   
n.  The act or an instance of dissuading.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dissuāsiō, dissuāsiōn-, from dissuāsus, past participle of dissuādēre, to dissuade; see dissuade.]
dis·sua'sive adj., dis·sua'sive·ly adv., dis·sua'sive·ness n.
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