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Webster 1913 Edition


Dissuade

Dis-suade′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dissuaded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dissuading
.]
[L.
dissuadere
,
dissuasum
;
dis-
+
suadere
to advise, persuade: cf. F.
dissuader
. See
Suasion
.]
1.
To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course).
[Obsolescent]
Mr. Burchell, on the contrary,
dissuaded
her with great ardor: and I stood neuter.
Goldsmith.
War, therefore, open or concealed, alike
My voice
dissuades
.
Milton.
2.
To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; – with from;
as, I could not
dissuade
him from his purpose
.
I have tried what is possible to
dissuade
him.
Mad. D’ Arblay.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dissuade

DISSUADE

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to advise or incite to any thing.]
1.
To advise or exhort against; to attempt to draw or divert from a measure, by reason or offering motives to; as, the minister dissuaded the prince from adopting the measure; he dissuaded him from his purpose.
2.
To represent as unfit, improper or dangerous.
War therefore, open or concealed, alike my voice dissuades.
This phraseology is probably elliptical, and merely poetical; from being understood.

Definition 2024


dissuade

dissuade

See also: dissuadé

English

Verb

dissuade (third-person singular simple present dissuades, present participle dissuading, simple past and past participle dissuaded)

  1. (transitive) To convince not to try or do.

Jane dissuaded Martha from committing suicide.

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French

Verb

dissuade

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dissuader
  2. third-person singular present indicative of dissuader
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of dissuader
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of dissuader
  5. second-person singular imperative of dissuader

Italian

Verb

dissuade

  1. third-person singular present indicative of dissuadere

Latin

Verb

dissuādē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dissuādeō

Portuguese

Verb

dissuade

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of dissuadir
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of dissuadir