Persuasory
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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
More examples"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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