Persuasory

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Persuasive.

    "This, as my mother was pleased to tell me, being the last persuasory effort that is to be attempted, I will be as particular in the account of it as my head and my heart will allow me to be."

Example

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"This, as my mother was pleased to tell me, being the last persuasory effort that is to be attempted, I will be as particular in the account of it as my head and my heart will allow me to be."

Etymology

From post-classical Latin persuasorius, from the participle stem of Latin persuādēre (“to persuade”).

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