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Persuade

//pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. transitive

    "That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion."

  2. 2
    cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm wordnet
  3. 3
    To convince of by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe (something). obsolete, transitive

    "But beloued, wee are perswaded better things of you, and things that accompany saluation, though we thus speake."

  4. 4
    win approval or support for wordnet
  5. 5
    To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). archaic, regional, transitive

    "[…] and hearken not vnto Hezekiah, when hee perswadeth you, saying, The Lord will deliuer vs."

Etymology

From Latin persuādeō (“I persuade”). Cognate to for, sweet.

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