Persuade

Verb

 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).
 * 2) * 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p. 34:
 * He persuaded me to go home, but I refused.

Synonyms

 * convince

Antonyms

 * dissuade

Derived terms

 * persuasion
 * persuasive

Adverbs for Persuade
readily; ultimately; tactfully; forcibly; vigorously; firmly; unobstructively; eloquently; argumentatively; soothingly.

Thesaurus
admonish, affect, argue into, assure, be convincing, bend, bias, bring, bring home to, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, captivate, carry conviction, caution, charge, charm, color, con, convert, convict, convince, dispose, draw over, drive home to, encourage, enjoin, evangelize, exhort, expostulate, gain, gain over, hook, hook in, importune, incite, incline, induce, influence, inspire belief, issue a caveat, lead, lead to believe, move, outtalk, preach, predispose, press, prevail on, prevail upon, prevail with, prompt, proselyte, proselytize, remonstrate, satisfy, sell, sell one on, soften up, sway, talk into, talk over, tinge, tone, urge, wangle, wangle into, warn, wean, wear down, weigh with, win, win over, work

Etymology
From persuadeo:.

Translations

 * Arabic: أقنع
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 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 説く
 * Korean: 설득하다 (seoldeukhada)
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 * Russian:,  ,  ,  уговорить
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