Definition of persuade

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Persuade (v. t.) To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives..

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Persuasive :: Persuasive (n.) That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an exhortation.
Commove :: Commove (v. t.) To urge; to persuade; to incite.
Protreptical :: Protreptical (a.) Adapted to persuade; hortatory; persuasive.
Persuade :: Persuade (v. t.) To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives..
Facile :: Facile (a.) Easily persuaded to good or bad; yielding; ductile to a fault; pliant; flexible.
Prevail :: Prevail (v. i.) To persuade or induce; -- with on, upon, or with; as, I prevailedon him to wait..
Plead :: Plead (v. t.) To argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing; to attempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to speak by way of persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father..
Bring :: Bring (v. t.) To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
Persuasible :: Persuasible (a.) Capable of being persuaded; persuadable.
Entreat :: Entreat (v. t.) To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
Inveigle :: Inveigle (v. t.) To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle.
Persuaded :: Persuaded (p. p. & a.) Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced.
Suasion :: Suasible (a.) Capable of being persuaded; easily persuaded.
Steady :: Steady (n.) Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute; as, a man steady in his principles, in his purpose, or in the pursuit of an object..
Persuasive :: Persuasive (a.) Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; as, persuasive eloquence..
Unconverted :: Unconverted (a.) Not persuaded of the truth of the Christian religion; heathenish.
Disbelief :: Disbelief (n.) The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief..
Force :: Force (n.) Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term..
Epideictic :: Epideictic (a.) Serving to show forth, explain, or exhibit; -- applied by the Greeks to a kind of oratory, which, by full amplification, seeks to persuade..
Facility :: Facility (n.) Easiness to be persuaded; readiness or compliance; -- usually in a bad sense; pliancy.
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