Persuade
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English
Verb
Persuade (third-person singular simple present Persuades, present participle persuading, simple past and past participle persuaded)
- (transitive) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. Compare sway.
- That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion.
- (transitive, now rare, dialectal) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).
- 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p. 34:
- He persuaded me to go home, but I refused.
- 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p. 34:
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Adverbs for Persuade
readily; ultimately; tactfully; forcibly; vigorously; firmly; unobstructively; eloquently; argumentatively; soothingly.
Thesaurus
admonish, affect, argue into, assure, be convincing, bend, bias, bring, bring home to, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, captivate, carry conviction, caution, charge, charm, color, con, convert, convict, convince, dispose, draw over, drive home to, encourage, enjoin, evangelize, exhort, expostulate, gain, gain over, hook, hook in, importune, incite, incline, induce, influence, inspire belief, issue a caveat, lead, lead to believe, move, outtalk, preach, predispose, press, prevail on, prevail upon, prevail with, prompt, proselyte, proselytize, remonstrate, satisfy, sell, sell one on, soften up, sway, talk into, talk over, tinge, tone, urge, wangle, wangle into, warn, wean, wear down, weigh with, win, win over, work
Etymology
From Latin persuādeō (“I persuade”).
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External links
- “persuade” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
French
Verb
Persuade
- first-, third-person singular indicative present of persuader
- first-, third-person singular subjunctive present of persuader
- second-person singular imperative of persuader
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Italian
Verb
Persuade
- third-person singular indicative present of persuadere
Latin
Verb
persuādē
- second-person singular present active imperative of persuādeō
Spanish
Verb
Persuade (infinitive persuadir)
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