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verb

Persuade v. t. (past & past part. persuaded; pres. part. persuading)

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." "We will persuade him, be it possible."

To try to influence. (Obsolescent) "Hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you."

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."

To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend.

Synonyms: To convince; induce; prevail on; win over; allure; entice. See Convince.

Persuade v. i. To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion.

noun

Persuade n. Persuasion. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Persuade'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Persuade" Quotes from Famous Books

... sin that has ever been invented has ever been demolished? There are always new human beings springing into life to commit it, and to find pleasure in it. Reggie, some day I will write a gospel of strange sins, and I will persuade the S. P. C. K. Society to publish it in dull, misty scarlet, powdered ...

— The Green Carnation • Robert Smythe Hichens

... Mordred desired; for he did not doubt that if Sir Lancelot came he would have little trouble to persuade the king that he was innocent. When the messenger was gone, therefore, Sir Mordred sent a servant after him, who slew him in a wood and hid his body under ...

— King Arthur's Knights - The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls • Henry Gilbert

... has made great efforts to persuade industrial managers and technical experts of the old regime to enter its service. Many very prominent men have done so. And the Soviet Government pays them as high as $45,000 a year for their services, although ...

— The Bullitt Mission to Russia • William C. Bullitt

... pains to persuade me to visit him on shore, embraced me repeatedly, and gave me to understand that we might cast anchor by his island, and that we should there have as many pigs as we pleased. At length he took my arm, and leading me to the railing, whence we could see the throngs ...

— A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 • Otto von Kotzebue

... for what I am going to write: but if you could prevail upon the rest of your family to join in the scheme which 'you,' and her 'virtuous sister,' Miss Arabella, and the Archdeacon, and I, once talked of, (which is to persuade the unhappy young lady to go, in some 'creditable' manner, to some one of the foreign colonies,) it might not save only her 'own credit' and 'reputation,' but the 'reputation' and 'credit' of all her 'family,' and a great deal of 'vexation' moreover. ...

— Clarissa, Or The History Of A Young Lady, Volume 8 • Samuel Richardson

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