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Webster 1913 Edition
Dissuader
Dis-suad′er
,Noun.
 One who dissuades; a dehorter. 
Webster 1828 Edition
Dissuader
DISSUADER
,Noun.
 Definition 2025
dissuader
dissuader
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.sɥa.de/
 
Verb
dissuader
Conjugation
  Conjugation of dissuader (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | dissuader | avoir dissuadé | |||||
| gerund | en dissuadant | en ayant dissuadé | |||||
| present participle |  dissuadant /di.sɥa.dɑ̃/  | 
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| past participle |  dissuadé /di.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 |  dissuade /di.sɥad/  | 
 dissuades /di.sɥad/  | 
 dissuade /di.sɥad/  | 
 dissuadons /di.sɥa.dɔ̃/  | 
 dissuadez /di.sɥa.de/  | 
 dissuadent /di.sɥad/  | 
| imperfect |  dissuadais /di.sɥa.dɛ/  | 
 dissuadais /di.sɥa.dɛ/  | 
 dissuadait /di.sɥa.dɛ/  | 
 dissuadions /di.sɥa.djɔ̃/  | 
 dissuadiez /di.sɥa.dje/  | 
 dissuadaient /di.sɥa.dɛ/  | 
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| past historic1 |  dissuadai /di.sɥa.de/  | 
dissuadas /di.sɥa.da/  | 
dissuada /di.sɥa.da/  | 
dissuadâmes /di.sɥa.dam/  | 
dissuadâtes /di.sɥa.dat/  | 
dissuadèrent /di.sɥa.dɛʁ/  | 
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| future |  dissuaderai /di.sɥa.dʁe/  | 
 dissuaderas /di.sɥa.dʁa/  | 
 dissuadera /di.sɥa.dʁa/  | 
 dissuaderons /di.sɥa.dʁɔ̃/  | 
 dissuaderez /di.sɥa.dʁe/  | 
 dissuaderont /di.sɥa.dʁɔ̃/  | 
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| conditional |  dissuaderais /di.sɥa.dʁɛ/  | 
 dissuaderais /di.sɥa.dʁɛ/  | 
 dissuaderait /di.sɥa.dʁɛ/  | 
 dissuaderions /di.sɥa.də.ʁjɔ̃/  | 
 dissuaderiez /di.sɥa.də.ʁje/  | 
 dissuaderaient /di.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 |  dissuade /di.sɥad/  | 
 dissuades /di.sɥad/  | 
 dissuade /di.sɥad/  | 
 dissuadions /di.sɥa.djɔ̃/  | 
 dissuadiez /di.sɥa.dje/  | 
 dissuadent /di.sɥad/  | 
| imperfect1 | 
dissuadasse /di.sɥa.das/  | 
dissuadasses /di.sɥa.das/  | 
dissuadât /di.sɥa.da/  | 
dissuadassions /di.sɥa.da.sjɔ̃/  | 
dissuadassiez /di.sɥa.da.sje/  | 
dissuadassent /di.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 | – | |
| — |  dissuade /di.sɥad/  | 
— |  dissuadons /di.sɥa.dɔ̃/  | 
 dissuadez /di.sɥa.de/  | 
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