persuade

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 External links 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Verb 3 Italian 3.1 Verb 4 Spanish 4.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin persuādeō (“‘I persuade’”).

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• (UK) IPA: /pəˈsweɪd/
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  Rhymes: -eɪd

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to persuade (third-person singular simple present persuades, present participle persuading, simple past and past participle persuaded)

1. (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.

2. (transitive, now rare, dialectal) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).
   • 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p. 34:

     He persuaded me to go home, but I refused.

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• convince

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• dissuade

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• persuasion
• persuasive

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[edit] External links

• “persuade” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

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• IPA: /pɛʁ.sɥad/, SAMPA: /pER.sHad/

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persuade

1. First-, third-person singular indicative present of persuader.
2. First-, third-person singular subjunctive present of persuader.
3. Second-person singular imperative of persuader.

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persuade

1. Third-person singular indicative present of persuadere.

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persuade (infinitive: persuadir)

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of persuadir.
2. informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of persuadir.