persuaded

Meaning

of Persuade

Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced.

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Phrases with the word

Examples

According to the historian Steven Plunkett, she and her pagan teachers persuaded him to default in part from his commitment to the Christian faith. Source: Internet

After enduring much misery, Wagner persuaded Minna, who had a heart condition, to rest at a spa while Otto Wesendonck took Mathilde to Italy. Source: Internet

According to Cicero, Hegesias wrote a book called Death by Starvation, which supposedly persuaded many people that death was more desirable than life. Source: Internet

Advising the English king of his precarious predicament, he persuaded John to abandon his opposition to papal investiture and agreed to accept the papal legate's decision in any ecclesiastical disputes as final. Source: Internet

After a lengthy wait, Charles persuaded his generals that English Jacobites would stage an uprising in support of his cause. Source: Internet

After arguing for days about it, White was finally persuaded to release the songs himself although he was initially reluctant to step out in front of the microphone. Source: Internet