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persuasible
per·sua·si·ble
/
pərˈsweɪ
sə
bəl, -zə-
/
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[
per-
swey
-s
uh
-b
uh
l, -z
uh
-
]
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adjective
capable of being
persuaded
; open to or yielding to
persuasion
.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
<
Latin
persuāsibilis
convincing, equivalent to
persuās
(
us
) (past participle of
persuādēre
to
persuade
; see
suasion
) +
-ibil
(
is
)
-ible
Related forms
per·sua·si·bil·i·ty,
noun
non·per·sua·si·ble,
adjective
un·per·sua·si·ble,
adjective
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persuade
(pəˈsweɪd)
—
vb
1.
to induce, urge, or prevail upon successfully:
he finally persuaded them to buy it
2.
to cause to believe; convince:
even with the evidence, the police were not persuaded
[C16: from Latin
persuādēre,
from
per-
(intensive) +
suādēre
to urge, advise]
per'suadable
—
adj
per'suasible
—
adj
persuada'bility
—
n
persuasi'bility
—
n
per'suader
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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