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Webster 1913 Edition
Persuader
Per-suad′er
,Noun.
One who, or that which, persuades or influences.
“Powerful persuaders.” Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Persuader
PERSUA'DER
,Noun.
1.
That which incites. Hunger and thirst at once.
Powerful persuaders!
Definition 2024
persuader
persuader
English
Noun
persuader (plural persuaders)
- One who attempts to persuade.
- A thing that persuades.
- When things stick we get the gentle persuader...a really big hammer we keep for this reason.
French
Etymology
From Latin persuādeō (“I persuade”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛʁ.sɥa.de/
Verb
persuader
- to persuade
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of persuader (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | persuader | avoir persuadé | |||||
| gerund | en persuadant | en ayant persuadé | |||||
| present participle | persuadant /pɛʁ.sɥa.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | persuadé /pɛʁ.sɥa.de/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | persuade /pɛʁ.sɥad/ |
persuades /pɛʁ.sɥad/ |
persuade /pɛʁ.sɥad/ |
persuadons /pɛʁ.sɥa.dɔ̃/ |
persuadez /pɛʁ.sɥa.de/ |
persuadent /pɛʁ.sɥad/ |
| imperfect | persuadais /pɛʁ.sɥa.dɛ/ |
persuadais /pɛʁ.sɥa.dɛ/ |
persuadait /pɛʁ.sɥa.dɛ/ |
persuadions /pɛʁ.sɥa.djɔ̃/ |
persuadiez /pɛʁ.sɥa.dje/ |
persuadaient /pɛʁ.sɥa.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | persuadai /pɛʁ.sɥa.de/ |
persuadas /pɛʁ.sɥa.da/ |
persuada /pɛʁ.sɥa.da/ |
persuadâmes /pɛʁ.sɥa.dam/ |
persuadâtes /pɛʁ.sɥa.dat/ |
persuadèrent /pɛʁ.sɥa.dɛʁ/ |
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| future | persuaderai /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁe/ |
persuaderas /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁa/ |
persuadera /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁa/ |
persuaderons /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁɔ̃/ |
persuaderez /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁe/ |
persuaderont /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | persuaderais /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁɛ/ |
persuaderais /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁɛ/ |
persuaderait /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁɛ/ |
persuaderions /pɛʁ.sɥa.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
persuaderiez /pɛʁ.sɥa.də.ʁje/ |
persuaderaient /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | persuade /pɛʁ.sɥad/ |
persuades /pɛʁ.sɥad/ |
persuade /pɛʁ.sɥad/ |
persuadions /pɛʁ.sɥa.djɔ̃/ |
persuadiez /pɛʁ.sɥa.dje/ |
persuadent /pɛʁ.sɥad/ |
| imperfect1 |
persuadasse /pɛʁ.sɥa.das/ |
persuadasses /pɛʁ.sɥa.das/ |
persuadât /pɛʁ.sɥa.da/ |
persuadassions /pɛʁ.sɥa.da.sjɔ̃/ |
persuadassiez /pɛʁ.sɥa.da.sje/ |
persuadassent /pɛʁ.sɥa.das/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | persuade /pɛʁ.sɥad/ |
— | persuadons /pɛʁ.sɥa.dɔ̃/ |
persuadez /pɛʁ.sɥa.de/ |
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Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Latin persuādeō (“I persuade”).
Verb
persuader
- to persuade
Related terms
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of persuader
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | persuader | avoir persuadé | |||||
| gerund | en persuadant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | persuadant | ||||||
| past participle | persuadé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | persuade | persuades | persuade | persuadons | persuadez | persuadent |
| imperfect | persuadois, persuadoys | persuadois, persuadoys | persuadoit, persuadoyt | persuadions, persuadyons | persuadiez, persuadyez | persuadoient, persuadoyent | |
| past historic | persuada | persuadas | persuada | persuadasmes | persuadastes | persuaderent | |
| future | persuaderai, persuaderay | persuaderas | persuadera | persuaderons | persuaderez | persuaderont | |
| conditional | persuaderois, persuaderoys | persuaderois, persuaderoys | persuaderoit, persuaderoyt | persuaderions, persuaderyons | persuaderiez, persuaderyez | persuaderoient, persuaderoyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | persuade | persuades | persuade | persuadons | persuadez | persuadent |
| imperfect | persuadasse | persuadasses | persuadast | persuadassions | persuadassiez | persuadassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | persuade | — | persuadons | persuadez | — | ||