What does persuade mean?

Definitions for persuade
pərˈsweɪdper·suade

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. carry, persuade, swayverb

    win approval or support for

    "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters"

  2. persuadeverb

    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!"

Wiktionary

  1. persuadeverb

    To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. Compare sway.

    That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion.

  2. persuadeverb

    To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).

  3. Etymology: From persuadeo.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To PERSUADEverb

    Etymology: persuadeo, Lat. persuader, Fr.

    Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. Romans.

    We are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation. Hebrews vi. 9.

    Joy over them that are persuaded to salvation. 2 Esdras vii.

    Let a man be ever so well persuaded of the advantages of virtue, yet, till he hungers and thirsts after righteousness, his will will not be determined to any action in pursuit of this confessed great good. John Locke.

    Men should seriously persuade themselves, that they have here no abiding place, but are only in their passage to the heavenly Jerusalem. William Wake, Preparation for Death.

    Philoclea’s beauty not only persuaded, but so persuaded as all hearts must yield: Pamela’s beauty used violence, and such as no heart could resist. Philip Sidney.

    They that were with Simon, being led with covetousness, were persuaded for money. 2 Mac. x. 20.

    To sit cross-leg’d, or with our fingers pectinated, is accounted bad, and friends will persuade us from it. Brown.

    I should be glad, if I could persuade him to write such another critick on any thing of mine; for when he condemns any of my poems, he makes the world have a better opinion of them. Dryden.

    To children, afraid of vain images, we persuade confidence by making them handle and look nearer such things. Taylor.

    Twenty merchants have all persuaded with him;
    But none can drive him from the envious plea
    Of forfeiture. William Shakespeare.

Wikipedia

  1. persuade

    Persuasion or persuasion arts is an umbrella term for influence. Persuasion can influence a person's beliefs, attitudes, intentions, motivations, or behaviours.Persuasion is studied in many disciplines. Rhetoric studies modes of persuasion in speech and writing and is often taught as a classical subject.: 46  Psychology looks at persuasion through the lens of individual behaviour and neuroscience studies the brain activity associated with this behaviour. History and political science are interested in the role of propaganda in shaping historical events. In business, persuasion is aimed at influencing a person's (or group's) attitude or behaviour towards some event, idea, object, or another person (s) by using written, spoken, or visual methods to convey information, feelings, or reasoning, or a combination thereof. Persuasion is also often used to pursue personal gain, such as election campaigning, giving a sales pitch, or in trial advocacy. Persuasion can also be interpreted as using personal or positional resources to change people.

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  1. persuade

    The general definition of "persuade" is to convince, influence, or sway someone's beliefs, opinions, behaviors, or actions, typically through reasoning, logic, emotional appeal, or providing evidence. It involves using various techniques or arguments to make someone see a particular viewpoint or to take a particular course of action.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Persuadeverb

    to influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives

  2. Persuadeverb

    to try to influence

  3. Persuadeverb

    to convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe

  4. Persuadeverb

    to inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend

  5. Persuadeverb

    to use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion

  6. Persuadenoun

    persuasion

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Persuade

    per-swād′, v.t. to influence successfully by argument, advice, &c.: to bring to any particular opinion: to cause to believe: to convince.—adj. Persuad′able.—n. Persuad′er.—adj. Persuā′sible, capable of being persuaded.—ns. Persuā′sibleness, Persuasibil′ity; Persuā′sion, act of persuading: state of being persuaded: settled opinion: a creed: a party adhering to a creed: (Spens.) an inducement.—adjs. Persuā′sive, Persuā′sory, having the power to persuade: influencing the mind or passions.—n. that which persuades or wins over.—adv. Persuā′sively.—n. Persuā′siveness. [Fr.,—L. persuadēre, -suasumper, thoroughly, suadēre, to advise.]

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'persuade' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3950

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'persuade' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3809

  3. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'persuade' in Verbs Frequency: #398

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of persuade in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of persuade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of persuade in a Sentence

  1. Walid Abdul-Wahab:

    It was a real challenge to persuade them there was a true market.

  2. Josh King Madrid:

    The ability to persuade is the secret of the cosmos.”

  3. Ryan Korbarri:

    They did not know what I was doing before, they are more aware now although they tried to persuade me to leave my job. I told them this is the way I live and I will stick with it, it used to be a taboo but we openly talk about it now. Many parents did not realize there are so many LGBT people here until then.

  4. Ian Davies:

    We're banking on a three - to five-year proof of concept, and after that hopefully we can persuade mainstream manufacturers to adopt it in the next five to 15 years.

  5. William James:

    The whole drift of my education goes to persuade me that the world of our present consciousness is only one out of many worlds of consciousness that exist.

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