Persuade
[pə'sweɪd] or [pɚ'swed]
Definition
(verb.) cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; 'You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.
(v. t.) To try to influence.
(v. t.) To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe.
(v. t.) To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend.
(v. i.) To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion.
(n.) Persuasion.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Induce, influence, lead, incite, impel, actuate, set on, prevail upon, bring over, win over, bring round.[2]. Convince, satisfy by proof or evidence.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Induce, influence, incline, convince, dispose, urge, allure, incite
ANT:Deter, disincline, indispose, mispersuade, misinduce, coerce, compel
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Definition
v.t. to influence successfully by argument advice &c.: to bring to any particular opinion: to cause to believe: to convince.—adj. Persuad′able.—n. Persuad′er.—adj. Persuā′sible capable of being persuaded.—ns. Persuā′sibleness Persuasibil′ity; Persuā′sion act of persuading: state of being persuaded: settled opinion: a creed: a party adhering to a creed: (Spens.) an inducement.—adjs. Persuā′sive Persuā′sory having the power to persuade: influencing the mind or passions.—n. that which persuades or wins over.—adv. Persuā′sively.—n. Persuā′siveness.
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Examples
- I should wish really to persuade you, I replied, if I could. Plato. The Republic.
- Can't I persuade you to break away now? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Lionel, you hear: witness for me: persuade your sister to forgive the injury I have done her; persuade her to be mine. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- No human evidence would ever have been able to persuade Martin Yorke that he blushed when thus addressed; yet blush he did, to the ears. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But if you went, I should persuade Mr. Thornton to let me give him double lessons. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Terror had deprived him of all presence of mind; he threw himself along the floor, and nothing could persuade him to rise. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You'd persuade me if you could, that you are a poor Jew. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The family don't want her here, and they'll say it's because I've been ill, because I'm a weak old woman, that she's persuaded me. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She must be persuaded to tell us, or she must be forced to tell us, on what grounds she bases her belief that you took the Moonstone. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He persuaded them to start cutting the blocks for the Gospel of St. Matthew. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- With infinite difficulty, for he was stubborn as a stone, I persuaded him to make an exchange in favour of a sober black satin and pearl-grey silk. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But still I cannot imagine she would not be persuaded. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Of all the sources of evil surrounding the former, since her coming to Highbury, she was persuaded that she must herself have been the worst. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The next day he persuaded May to escape for a walk in the Park after luncheon. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Thus he spoke not persuading Cr?sus; for it is true indeed that the Persians before they subdued the Lydians had no luxury nor any good thing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Neither must we sing to them of 'Gifts persuading gods, and persuading reverend kings. Plato. The Republic.
- He knew the power she would put in his hands if she consented; there would be no difficulty then in persuading her not to go back to her husband. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Poor Julia scarcely spoke a single word the whole evening; indeed we had the greatest difficulty in persuading her to be of our party. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Archer made no comment on this, and Mrs. Welland continued: But we do most thoroughly appreciate your persuading Ellen to give up the idea. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Only one dog remained alive; but there was a human being within it, whom the sailors were persuading to enter the vessel. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He joins Betteredge in persuading you to drink a little brandy and water before you go to bed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I am blind, and cannot judge of your countenance, but there is something in your words which persuades me that you are sincere. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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