prepersuade
verb (used with object), per·suad·ed, per·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
non·per·suad·a·ble, adjective
pre·per·suade, verb (used with object), pre·per·suad·ed, pre·per·suad·ing.
un·per·suad·a·ble, adjective
un·per·suad·a·b·ly, adverb
un·per·suad·ed, adjective
well-per·suad·ed, adjective
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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| —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 | |
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Word Origin & History
persuade
1510s, from L. persuadere "to bring over by talking," (see persuasion).
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