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per⋅suade
[per-sweyd] 
–verb (used with object), -suad⋅ed, -suad⋅ing.
| 1. | to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait. |
| 2. | to induce to believe by appealing to reason or understanding; convince: to persuade the judge of the prisoner's innocence. |
Related forms:
per⋅suad⋅a⋅ble, adjective
per⋅suad⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, per⋅suad⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
per⋅suad⋅a⋅bly, adverb
per⋅suad⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
1. urge, influence, move, entice, impel. Persuade, induce imply influencing someone's thoughts or actions. They are used today mainly in the sense of winning over a person to a certain course of action: It was I who persuaded him to call a doctor. I induced him to do it. They differ in that persuade suggests appealing more to the reason and understanding: I persuaded him to go back to his wife (although it is often lightly used: Can't I persuade you to stay to supper?); induce emphasizes only the idea of successful influence, whether achieved by argument or by promise of reward: What can I say that will induce you to stay at your job? Owing to this idea of compensation, induce may be used in reference to the influence of factors as well as of persons: The prospect of a raise in salary was what induced him to stay.
1. urge, influence, move, entice, impel. Persuade, induce imply influencing someone's thoughts or actions. They are used today mainly in the sense of winning over a person to a certain course of action: It was I who persuaded him to call a doctor. I induced him to do it. They differ in that persuade suggests appealing more to the reason and understanding: I persuaded him to go back to his wife (although it is often lightly used: Can't I persuade you to stay to supper?); induce emphasizes only the idea of successful influence, whether achieved by argument or by promise of reward: What can I say that will induce you to stay at your job? Owing to this idea of compensation, induce may be used in reference to the influence of factors as well as of persons: The prospect of a raise in salary was what induced him to stay.
Antonyms:
1. dissuade.
1. dissuade.
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| per·suade (pər-swād') tr.v. per·suad·ed, per·suad·ing, per·suades To induce to undertake a course of action or embrace a point of view by means of argument, reasoning, or entreaty: "to make children fit to live in a society by persuading them to learn and accept its codes" (Alan W. Watts). See Usage Note at convince. [Latin persuādēre : per-, per- + suādēre, to urge; see swād- in Indo-European roots.] per·suad'a·ble adj., per·suad'er n. Synonyms: These verbs mean to succeed in causing a person to do or consent to something. Persuade means to win someone over, as by reasoning or personal forcefulness: Nothing could persuade her to change her mind. |
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Persuade
Per*suade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Persuaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Persuading.] [L. persuadere, persuasum; per + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. persuader. See Per-, and Suasion.]1. To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives. Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. --Acts xxvi. 28. We will persuade him, be it possible. --Shak. 2. To try to influence. [Obsolescent] Hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you. --2 Kings xviii. 32. 3. To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe. Beloved, we are persuaded better things of you. --Heb. vi. 9. 4. To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend. --Jer. Taylor. Syn: To convince; induce; prevail on; win over; allure; entice. See Convince.Persuade
Per*suade"\, v. i. To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion. --Shak.Persuade
Per*suade"\, n. Persuasion. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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Language Translation for : persuade
Spanish:
persuadir (de); (negativo) disuadir (de),
German:
überreden,
Japanese:
説得する
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