persuade

Speech parts

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 dictionary

induce sway entice win over move pressure cause influence lead carry convince prompt lure urge coax

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dissuade prevent cow daunt stop block

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have make work cause get influence

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persuaded persuading

It 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