persuade
to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
to induce to believe by appealing to reason or understanding; convince: to persuade the judge of the prisoner's innocence.
Origin of persuade
1synonym study For persuade
usage note For persuade
Other words for persuade
Opposites for persuade
Other words from persuade
- 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·bly, adverb
- un·per·suad·ed, adjective
- well-per·suad·ed, adjective
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How to use persuade in a sentence
I went to Ohio and found hope, change, and a lot of unpersuadable voters.
But having cajoled or coerced Jack to the pierhead, he seemed unpersuadable to the final step of getting aboard.
The Log of a Sea-Waif | Frank T. BullenCecil represented that Rosamond ought to stay and receive her bridal visits; but she was unpersuadable.
The Three Brides | Charlotte M. YongeYou know his temper to be wilful, sudden, haughty, and unpersuadable.
Anne of Geierstein | Walter ScottI wish, for both our sakes, my dear unpersuadable girl, that the decision of this point lay with me.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) | Samuel Richardson
He was unreasonable and unpersuadable and used intemperate language.
Bleak House | Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for persuade
/ (pəˈsweɪd) /
to induce, urge, or prevail upon successfully: he finally persuaded them to buy it
to cause to believe; convince: even with the evidence, the police were not persuaded
Origin of persuade
1Derived forms of persuade
- persuadable or persuasible, adjective
- persuadability or persuasibility, noun
- persuader, noun
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