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Persuasive

//pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to persuade; convincing.

    "But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons."

Adjective
  1. 1
    intended or having the power to induce action or belief wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    That which persuades; incitement.

    "He smiled a very knowing smile, and setting up a halloo, and shaking his leathern thong, away we went at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour. I had no occasion to go further with my persuasives; the pace was kept up, […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus.

Etymology 2

From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus.

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