1. persuade - Noun
2. persuade - Verb
To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.
To try to influence.
To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe.
To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend.
To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion.
Persuasion.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles. Muriel Spark
The finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist. Charles Baudelaire
We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves we have no great ones. François de La Rochefoucauld
Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish. English Proverb
He who can persuade someone not to gamble has earned money for him. Chinese Proverb
Law cannot persuade when it cannot punish. Traditional Proverb