Definition of persuade

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

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Protreptical :: Protreptical (a.) Adapted to persuade; hortatory; persuasive.
Dissuade :: Dissuade (v. t.) To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course).
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..
Persuade :: Persuade (n.) Persuasion.
Coax :: Coax (v. t.) To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe..
Suasion :: Suasible (a.) Capable of being persuaded; easily persuaded.
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..
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..
Edify :: Edify (v. i.) To teach or persuade.
Persuade :: Persuade (v. t.) To try to influence.
Persuasible :: Persuasible (a.) Capable of being persuaded; persuadable.
Pliable :: Pliable (v.) Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth..
Argue :: Argue (v. t.) To persuade by reasons; as, to argue a man into a different opinion..
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..
Unpersuasion :: Unpersuasion (n.) The state of not being persuaded; disbelief; doubt.
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..
Believer :: Believer (n.) One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or reality of some doctrine, person, or thing..
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