persuasory
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From post-classical Latin persuasorius, from the participle stem of Latin persuādēre (“to persuade”).
Adjective[edit]
persuasory (comparative more persuasory, superlative most persuasory)
- Persuasive. [from 16th c.]
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
- This, as my mother was pleased to tell me, being the last persuasory effort that is to be attempted, I will be as particular in the account of it as my head and my heart will allow me to be.