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persuade

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See also:persuadé

English

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Alternative forms

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perswade(obsolete)

Etymology

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FromLatinpersuādeō(“I persuade”). Cognate tofor,sweet.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/
- Hyphenation:per‧suade
- Audio(US): (file)
(Indic)IPA^(key): /ˈpɜ(ɾ).sʊ.weɖ/
- Hyphenation:per‧su‧ade
Rhymes:-eɪd

Verb

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persuade (third-person singular simple presentpersuades,present participlepersuading,simple past and past participlepersuaded)

(transitive) To successfully convince (someone) toagree to,accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence.[from 15th c.]
Synonyms:convince,draw,coax,wheedle;see alsoThesaurus:persuade
Antonyms:deter,dissuade
Hypernym:change someone's mind
That salesman was able topersuade me into buying this bottle of lotion.
- 1577, Socrates Scholasticus [i.e.,Socrates of Constantinople], “Constantinus the Emperour Summoneth the Nicene Councell, it was Held at Nicæa a Citie of Bythnia for the Debatinge of the Controuersie about the Feast of Easter, and the Rootinge out of the Heresie of Arius”, inEusebius Pamphilus, Socrates Scholasticus,Evagrius Scholasticus,Dorotheus, translated byMeredith Hanmer,The Avncient Ecclesiasticall Histories of the First Six Hundred Yeares after Christ, Wrytten in the Greeke Tongue by Three Learned Historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Euagrius.[...], book I (The First Booke of the Ecclesiasticall Historye of Socrates Scholasticvs), imprinted at London: ByThomas Vautroullier dwelling in theBlackefriers byLudgate,→OCLC,page225:
  [VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon toperſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs.
- c.1590–1592 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene ii]:
  We willpersuade him, be it possible.
- 1909,Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter I, inThe Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.:Dodd, Mead and Company, published1919,→OCLC:
  The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried topersuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained.
- 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, inTelegraph:
  The most persistent tormentor wasAlex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that haspersuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect thanTheo Walcott.
(transitive, obsolete) To convince of by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe (something).[15th–18th c.]
- 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Hebrews 6:9:
  But beloued, wee areperswaded better things of you, and things that accompany saluation, though we thus speake.
(transitive, now rare, regional) Tourge,plead; to try toconvince (someone to do something).[from 16th c.]
- 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,2 Kings 18:32:
  […] and hearken not vnto Hezekiah, when heeperswadeth you, saying, The Lord will deliuer vs.
- 1791,Elizabeth Inchbald,A Simple Story, Oxford 2009 edition, page119:
  She did not go into the coffee-room, though repeatedlypersuaded by Miss Woodley, but waited at the door till her carriage drew up.
- 1834,David Crockett,A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska, published1987, page34:
  Hepersuaded me to go home, but I refused.
- 1861, E. J. Guerin,Mountain Charley, page12:
  He did notpersuade me long before I consented.