Persuade

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To induce to undertake a course of action or embrace a point of view by means of argument, reasoning, or entreaty: "to make children fit to live in a society by persuading them to learn and accept its codes” ( Alan W. Watts). See Usage Note at convince.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. Compare sway.
  • v. To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.
  • v. To try to influence.
  • v. To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe.
  • v. To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend.
  • verb-intransitive. To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion.
  • n. Persuasion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To advise; counsel; urge the acceptance or practice of; commend by exposition, argument, demonstration, etc.; inculcate.
  • To lead to the opinion or conclusion (that); make (one) believe or think: frequently followed by that.
  • To prevail upon, as by demonstration, exposition, argument, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; argue or reason into a certain belief or course of conduct; induce; win over.
  • To convince, as by argument or reasons offered.
  • Synonyms Convince, Persuade (see convince), prevail on,lead.
  • To use persuasion.
  • n. Persuasion.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm
  • v. win approval or support for
  • Antonym
    dissuade   
    Verb Form
    persuaded    persuades    persuading   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    work    act upon    influence   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    entice    induce    prevail on    allure    win over    convince    advise    recommend    plead    persuasion   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Blade    Cade    Crusade    Dade    Jade    Kincaid    Slade    Wade    ade    afraid   
    Same Context
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