Persuade
21persuade — [[t]pə(r)swe͟ɪd[/t]] ♦♦♦ persuades, persuading, persuaded 1) VERB If you persuade someone to do something, you cause them to do it by giving them good reasons for doing it. [V n to inf] My husband persuaded me to come... [V n to inf] We re trying …
22persuade*/*/ — [pəˈsweɪd] verb [T] 1) to make someone agree to do something by giving them reasons why they should He did finally come with us, although it took a long time to persuade him.[/ex] Nobody could persuade her to change her mind.[/ex] 2) to make… …
23Persuadé — Persuasion La persuasion, du latin persuasio, est l action d amener quelqu un à quelque chose, à croire, à faire, à vouloir, à convaincre, à la faveur d une connivence [1]. L art de persuader a un rapport nécessaire à la manière dont les hommes… …
24persuade — [16] The suade element of persuade goes back to Latin suādēre ‘advise, urge’, a descendant of the same Indo European base (*swād ) as produced English assuage [14], suave [16], and sweet. Addition of the intensive prefix per produced persuādēre,… …
25persuade — verb 1) he tried to persuade her to come with him Syn: prevail on, coax, convince, get, induce, win over, bring around, coerce, influence, sway, inveigle, entice, tempt, lure, cajole, wheedle; Law procure; informal sweet talk …
26persuade — per•suade [[t]pərˈsweɪd[/t]] v. t. suad•ed, suad•ing 1) to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging 2) to induce to believe; convince • Etymology: 1505–15; < L persuādēre. See per , dissuade per•suad′a•ble, adj. per•suad …
27persuade — [16] The suade element of persuade goes back to Latin suādēre ‘advise, urge’, a descendant of the same Indo European base (*swād ) as produced English assuage [14], suave [16], and sweet. Addition of the intensive prefix per produced persuādēre,… …
28persuade — v.tr. & refl. 1 (often foll. by of, or that + clause) cause (another person or oneself) to believe; convince (persuaded them that it would be helpful; tried to persuade me of its value). 2 a (often foll. by to + infin.) induce (another person or… …
29persuade — verb /pəˈsweɪd/ a) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. Compare sway. That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion. b) To urge, plead;… …
30persuade — See convince. See convince, persuade …