Definition of persuade

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Persuade (v. i.) To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion.

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Persuade :: Persuade (v. t.) To try to influence.
Bring :: Bring (v. t.) To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
Argue :: Argue (v. t.) To persuade by reasons; as, to argue a man into a different opinion..
Dissuade :: Dissuade (v. t.) To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course).
Fully :: Fully (adv.) In a full manner or degree; completely; entirely; without lack or defect; adequately; satisfactorily; as, to be fully persuaded of the truth of a proposition..
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..
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..
Influence :: Influence (v. t.) To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to move; to persuade; to induce..
Protreptical :: Protreptical (a.) Adapted to persuade; hortatory; persuasive.
Unconverted :: Unconverted (a.) Not persuaded of the truth of the Christian religion; heathenish.
Commove :: Commove (v. t.) To urge; to persuade; to incite.
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.
Facility :: Facility (n.) Easiness to be persuaded; readiness or compliance; -- usually in a bad sense; pliancy.
Feel :: Feel (v. i.) To be conscious of an inward impression, state of mind, persuasion, physical condition, etc.; to perceive one's self to be; -- followed by an adjective describing the state, etc.; as, to feel assured, grieved, persuaded..
Sensible :: Sensible (a.) Perceiving or having perception, either by the senses or the mind; cognizant; perceiving so clearly as to be convinced; satisfied; persuaded..
Deaf :: Deaf (a.) Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason..
Persuasive :: Persuasive (n.) That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an exhortation.
Persuaded :: Persuaded (p. p. & a.) Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced.
Persuade :: Persuade (v. t.) To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend.
Voluntary :: Voluntary (v. t.) Unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's self, or of itself; free..
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