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1. (v.t.) persuade
to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging.
2. persuade
to induce to believe; convince.
Etymology: (1505–15; < L persuādēre. See per -, dissuade)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) carry, persuade, sway
win approval or support for
"Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters"
2. (verb) persuade
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!"
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1. (verb) persuade
to make sb believe or agree with you
I'll see if I can persuade my Dad to let me go.; She persuaded him that he should give himself up.; Will he be able to persuade her of his sincerity?
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| Definition of 'persuade' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) persuade
persuasion
2. (verb) persuade
to influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives
3. (verb) persuade
to try to influence
4. (verb) persuade
to convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe
5. (verb) persuade
to inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend
6. (verb) persuade
to use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion
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Sense: to make (someone) (not) do something, by arguing with him or advising him
We persuaded him (not) to go.
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 Afrikaans: oorreed |
 Arabic: يُقْنِع |
 Bulgarian: убеждавам |
 Brazilian: persuadir |
 Czech: přemluvit |
 German: überreden |
 Danish: overtale |
 Greek: πείθω |
 Spanish: persuadir (de); (negativo |
 Estonian: keelitama |
 Farsi: ترغیب کردن |
 Finnish: suostutella |
 French: persuader (de) |
 Hebrew: לְשַכנֵעַ |
 Hindi: समझाना, मानना, स्वीकार कर |
 Croatian: nagovoriti |
 Hungarian: rábeszél vkit vmire |
 Indonesian: membujuk |
 Icelandic: telja e-ná e-ð |
 Italian: persuadere |
 Japanese: 説得する |
 Korean: 설득하다 |
 Lithuanian: įtikinti |
 Latvian: pārliecināt; pierunāt |
 Malay: memujuk |
 Dutch: overhalen |
 Norwegian: overtale |
 Polish: przekonywać |
 Persian: ترغیب کردن |
 Pashto: تشويق، مجبورونه قائلول، م |
 Portuguese: aconselhar |
 Romanian: a convinge |
 Russian: уговаривать; отговаривать |
 Slovak: prehovoriť |
 Slovenian: pregovoriti |
 Serbian: ubediti |
 Swedish: övertala |
 Thai: ชักจูง |
 Turkish: ikna etmek, razı etmek |
 Taiwanese: 勸說 |
 Ukrainian: умовляти |
 Urdu: راغب کرنا |
 Vietnamese: thuyết phục |
 Chinese: 劝说 |
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