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Webster 1913 Edition

Dissuasive

Dis-sua′sive

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Adj.
Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory;
as,
dissuasive
advice
.
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Noun.
A dissuasive argument or counsel; dissuasion; dehortation.
Prynne.
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Dis-sua′sive-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dissuasive

DISSUASIVE

,
Adj.
Tending to dissuade, or divert form a measure or purpose; dehortatory.

DISSUASIVE

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Noun.
Reason, argument, or counsel, employed to deter one from a measure or purpose; that which is used or which tends to divert the mind from any purpose or pursuit. The consequences of intemperance are powerful dissuasives from indulging in that vice.

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