Definitions for dissuade
dɪˈsweɪddis·suade

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dissuade, deterverb

   turn away from by persuasion

   "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dissuadeverb

   To convince not to try or do.

2. Etymology: From dissuadeo, from dis- + suadeo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To DISSUADEverb

   Etymology: dissuadeo, Latin.

   1. To dehort; to divert by reason or importunity from any thing.

   We submit to Cæsar, promising
   To pay our wonted tribute, from the which
   We were dissuaded by our wicked queen. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   2. To represent any thing as unfit or dangerous.

   This would be worse;
   War therefore, open or conceal’d, alike
   My voice dissuades. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ii.

   Not diffident of thee, do I dissuade
   Thy absence from my sight. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ix.

   I’d fain deny this wish, which thou hast made;
   Or, what I can’t deny, would fain dissuade. Joseph Addison, Ovid.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dissuadeverb

   to advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course)

2. Dissuadeverb

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

3. Etymology: [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See Suasion.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dissuade

   dis-swād′, v.t. to advise against: to try to divert from anything by advice or persuasion: to succeed in persuading not to.—ns. Dissuā′der; Dissuā′sion.—adj. Dissuā′sive, tending to dissuade.—n. that which tends to dissuade.—adv. Dissuā′sively.—n. and adj. Dissuā′sory (rare). [Fr.,—L. dissuadēre—dis, apart, suadēre, suasum, to advise.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dissuade in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dissuade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of dissuade in a Sentence

1. Ray Attrill:

   Nothing has happened in the last 24 hours to dissuade us from the view that we are headed in the direction of an Article 50 delay, a softer Brexit or no Brexit, but it remains too soon to be buying sterling with your ears pinned back.

2. John McCain:

   The argument that I hear from the administration is that we don't want to provoke Vladimir Putin. That is just Orwellian... history will judge this administration incredibly harshly, the only thing that will dissuade Vladimir Putin from what he is doing is when coffins come back to the families in Russia.

3. Jessica Adams:

   The burden of proof is not on Astrology to prove that it does work. The burden of proof is on skeptics and cynics to give us evidence that would dissuade the millions of people who believe in it to go the other way.

4. Joe Biden:

   When it comes to sanctions, the purpose of those sanctions is to deter Russian aggression, so if they're triggered now, you lose the deterrent effect. All of the things that we're doing, including building up in a united way with Europe, massive consequences for Russia, is designed to factor into President( Vladimir) Putin's calculus and to deter and dissuade them from taking aggressive action, even as we pursue diplomacy at the same time.

5. Chris Spear:

   Revenue from tolls must be spent maintaining the roads they're collected on, we hope today's ruling will not only end this practice in New York, but dissuade other states from financing their budget shortfalls on the backs of our industry.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dissuade
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dissuade
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dissuade
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dissuade
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=dissuade