Persuade

Word PERSUADE
Character 8
Hyphenation per suade
Pronunciations /pəˈsweɪd/

Definitions and meanings of "Persuade"

What do we mean by persuade?

To cause (someone) to accept a point of view or to undertake a course of action by means of argument, reasoning, or entreaty. transitive verb

To advise; counsel; urge the acceptance or practice of; commend by exposition, argument, demonstration, etc.; inculcate.

To lead to the opinion or conclusion (that); make (one) believe or think: frequently followed by that.

To prevail upon, as by demonstration, exposition, argument, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; argue or reason into a certain belief or course of conduct; induce; win over.

To convince, as by argument or reasons offered.

Synonyms Convince, Persuade (see convince), prevail on,lead.

To use persuasion.

Persuasion. noun

To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion. intransitive verb

Persuasion. noun

To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives. transitive verb

To try to influence. transitive verb

To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe. transitive verb

To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend. transitive verb

To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. Compare sway. verb

To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). verb

Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm verb

Win approval or support for verb

To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence.

To convince of by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe (something).

To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).

To tempt someone to do something they refused to do before. Urban Dictionary

My badass 12 guage Mossberg shotgun. its all black with pistol grips.called by some a redneck machine gun. Urban Dictionary

A small group of individuals with sufficient critical thinking skills capable of unbiased information processing and departure from previously considered positions. Urban Dictionary

Adj. (1) Used to describe something that is politically incorrect, or whose public invocation is otherwise considered generally unacceptable, potentially offensive, or uncomfortable. (2) Used to describe a situation that is unfavorable or unpleasant. Urban Dictionary

The placing of one's hand on the back of a lovers head to remind them that a hand on the shaft is not enough. The mouth is more like it and is expected. Urban Dictionary

Filipino way of saying First Wedding Urban Dictionary

A sexual position in which the man holds the woman upside down by her ankles, inserts his penis into her vagina, and then shakes her up and down, as if emptying the money from her pockets. Urban Dictionary

The sinister bald-headed, goatee-sporting leader of the terrorist group, And I am balding Urban Dictionary

To persuade someone to tell you something in a "creative" way, i.e. INTERACTIONS. Urban Dictionary

The sinister bald-headed, goatee-sporting leader of the terrorist group, he's a big fat noob Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Persuade

The word "persuade" in example sentences

The only people this movie might * possibly* persuade is people who were already on the fence and don't really care about any glaring ommissions from the film. ❋ Unknown (2004)

He liked seemed taken aback at that; but he would fain persuade me 'at the rector was only in jest; and when that wouldn't do, he says, ❋ Unknown (1931)

The new Book is going on at a regular rate; and I would fain persuade myself that/his/health and spirits are at the same regular rate improving: more contented he certainly is, since he applied himself to this task; for he was not born to be anything but miserable in idleness. ❋ Unknown (1893)

The central insight from which Campbell is working is that the orator seeks to persuade people, and in general the best way to persuade is to produce perspicuous arguments. ❋ Broadie, Alexander (2009)

But the only power Bandow has is the power to persuade, which is in no way enhanced by such antics. ❋ James Taranto (2007)

He now had a way to achieve that objective, namely, persuade Syria to withdraw its forces from Lebanon. ❋ George P. Shultz (1993)

-- a kindly means of saving faces for those whom he and I were going to "persuade" -- of making the "climb-down" easier for them! ❋ Laurence Housman (1912)

The legislators -- who represent parts of the 12th District -- and Mitchell were among those who tried during a Saturday conference call persuade Barrow to reconsider his vote. ❋ Howie Klein (2010)

Slide 3: Definition & Importance of Presentation "A structured, prepared and speech-based means of communicating information, ideas, or arguments to a group of interested people in order to inform or persuade them" To inform, inspire, entertain, demonstrate, prove and to persuade, that is an objective of a good presentation 3 ❋ Unknown (2009)

Every day, China uses a combination of export taxes and controls, which clearly violate WTO rules, and mid-'70s OPEC-like practices to price gouge rare earths in the extreme, to destroy all possible foreign competition in rare earths, and, most insidious, to 'persuade' foreign firms to move their related manufacturing to China before non-Chinese rare earth mines are on stream and its market domination diminishes. ❋ Jr. Leo Hindery (2010)

So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to "persuade" them to close. ❋ Tyler (2009)

The first step would be to seek to 'persuade' senior bondholders to participate in the bailout, said the source. ❋ Rory Fitzgerald (2010)

In a remarkable - though wholly unsurprising - move The Erich Honecker Gordon Brown Regime has teamed up with some other regional Prefects to 'persuade' the EU to adopt a measure which will allow UK citizens to be tried in absentia by foreign courts. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Almost at the same time, Emperor Wudi dispatched Sima Xiangru to "persuade" the Qiong and Zuo peoples to accept Chinese rule. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I couldn't persuade her to [change] [her mind]. ❋ ♥♡Sweetheart♡♥ (2014)

i [broke out] my persuader on that [fuckin'] [thief]! ❋ Da Trick Biatch (2005)

So, the [Jan 6] committee is presenting it's findings. Yeah. So. Well, don't you think it's possible that if the [persuadables] watch the results could affect voting tendency? Ha! Nope. Fox consumers don't even acknowledge the proceeding as legitimate and everyone else knows ex-45 is a shitbag, [power hungry], corrupt, sociopathic narcissist. ❋ YAWA (2022)

In his [campaign] speech, the senatorial [candidate] addressed a number of persuaded issues that most other politicians had [avoided]. ❋ Notorious D.E.U.C.E. (2006)

I was [making out] with my girl and all she was doing was [grapping] [my dick] so I gave her the persuader, and she sucked it like I knew she would. ❋ Raulieg (2007)

Dish [ish] my [mamz] [persuading] annibersary, okay? ❋ The Chow Man (2004)

"Hey, did you go out with [Anne] last night?" "Yeah, you'll never guess what happened." "[Persuading the debtor]?" "[Oh, yeah]!" ❋ Judd F. (2006)

Kane Persuad, A [tall] [white] [mixed] dude. ❋ KanePersuad69 (2023)

Person 1: What did I [say when] I drunk [dialed] you? Person 2: [CREATIVELY PERSUADE]. ❋ Ewgross (2010)

I'm Kane Persuad and I have a [big ass forehead] and I'm [balding] ❋ KanePersuad69 (2023)

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