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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


dissuadé

dissuadé

See also: dissuade

French

Verb

dissuadé m (feminine singular dissuadée, masculine plural dissuadés, feminine plural dissuadées)

  1. past participle of dissuader