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Webster 1913 Edition
Persuade
Per-suade′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Persuaded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Persuading
.] 1.
To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.
Almost thou
persuadest
me to be a Christian. Acts xxvi. 28.
We will
persuade
him, be it possible. Shakespeare
2.
To try to influence.
[Obsolescent]
Hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he
persuadeth
you. 2 Kings xviii. 32.
3.
To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe.
Beloved, we are
persuaded
better things of you. Heb. vi. 9.
4.
To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend.
Jer. Taylor.
Syn. – To convince; induce; prevail on; win over; allure; entice. See
Convince
. Per-suade′
,Verb.
I.
To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion.
Shak.
Per-suade′
,Noun.
Persuasion.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
Webster 1828 Edition
Persuade
PERSUA'DE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To influence by argument, advice, intreaty or expostulation; to draw or incline the will to a determination by presenting motives to the mind. I should be glad, if I could persuade him to write such another critick on any thing of mine.
Almost thou persuadest me to be a christian. Acts.26.
2.
To convince by argument, or reasons offered; or to convince by reasons suggested by reflection or deliberation, or by evidence presented in any manner to the mind. Beloved, we are persuaded better things of you. Heb.6.
3.
To inculcate by argument or expostulation. [Little used.]4.
To treat by persuasion. [Not in use.]Definition 2024
persuade
persuade
See also: persuadé
English
Alternative forms
- perswade (obsolete)
Verb
persuade (third-person singular simple present persuades, present participle persuading, simple past and past participle persuaded)
- (transitive) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. Compare sway.
- That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion.
- William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616)
- We will persuade him, be it possible.
- 1909, Archibald Marshall, The Squire's Daughter, chapterI:
- The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained.
- 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, in Telegraph:
- The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott.
- (transitive, now rare, dialectal) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).
- Bible, 2 Kings xviii. 32
- Hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you.
- 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p. 34:
- He persuaded me to go home, but I refused.
- Bible, 2 Kings xviii. 32
- (transitive, obsolete) To convince of by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
convince
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External links
- “persuade” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛʁ.sɥad/
Verb
persuade
- first-person singular present indicative of persuader
- third-person singular present indicative of persuader
- first-person singular present subjunctive of persuader
- third-person singular present subjunctive of persuader
- second-person singular imperative of persuader