Persuading

adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of persuasion.

    "And, as I know from what you have now found upon your own souls, since he came amongst you, while under the preachings and persuadings of such a singularly serious Gospel minister, you will be restlessly solicitous till he be settled[…]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of persuade form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    persuasive

Synonyms

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hortatorypersuasionpersuasivepersuasivesuasivetemptation

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"Persuading my father first is putting the cart before the horse."

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