overpersuade

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ persuade.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊvəpəˈsweɪd/

Verb

overpersuade (third-person singular simple present overpersuades, present participle overpersuading, simple past and past participle overpersuaded)

1. To win someone over through persuasion; to convince (someone) to do something against their own judgement or wishes. [from 17th c.]
   • 1630, John Smith, True Travels, Kupperman, published 1988, page 36:

     Opportunitie casting him into the company of foure French Gallants well attended [...]; over-perswaded him to goe with them into France, to the Dutchesse of Mercury, from whom they should not only have meanes, but also Letter of favour to her noble Duke [...].

   • 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 62:

     ‘And I let him overpersuade me. He was right, really.’