Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dissuade"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Dissuade \Dis*suade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissuaded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Dissuading}.] [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- +
suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See
{Suasion}.]
1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from
a course). [Obsolescent]

Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with
great ardor: and I stood neuter. --Goldsmith.

War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice
dissuades. --Milton.

2. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons
or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him
from his purpose.

I have tried what is possible to dissuade him.
--Mad. D'
Arblay.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

dissuade
v : turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will
only dissuade people" [syn: {deter}] [ant: {persuade}]

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