Hypertext Webster Gateway: "persuade"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Persuade \Per*suade"\, v. i.
To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion.
--Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Persuade \Per*suade"\, n.
Persuasion. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Persuade \Per*suade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Persuaded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Persuading}.] [L. persuadere, persuasum; per +
suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. persuader. See {Per-},
and {Suasion}.]
1. To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty,
expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination
by presenting sufficient motives.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
persuade
v 1: win approval or support for; "Carry all before one" [syn: {carry},
{sway}]
2: cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or
course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't
persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" [ant: {dissuade}]
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