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Webster 1913 Edition
Dissuade
Dis-suade′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dissuaded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dissuading
.] 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
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 purposeI have tried what is possible to
dissuade
him. Mad. D’ Arblay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dissuade
DISSUADE
,Verb.
T.
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 2025
dissuadé
dissuadé
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French
Verb
dissuadé m (feminine singular dissuadée, masculine plural dissuadés, feminine plural dissuadées)
- past participle of dissuader