Perswade

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of persuade. alt-of, obsolete

    "Howbeit Lyſander the ſonne of Lybis, and Mandroclidas the ſonne of Esphanes, and Ageſilaus alſo, greatly commended his noble deſire, and perſwaded him to goe forward withall."

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convinceswayconvincedrawadmonishadvise

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"Howbeit Lyſander the ſonne of Lybis, and Mandroclidas the ſonne of Esphanes, and Ageſilaus alſo, greatly commended his noble deſire, and perſwaded him to goe forward withall."

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