Persuade Definition

persuade

English

Etymology

From Latin persuādeō (“I persuade”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pəˈsweɪd/

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  Rhymes: -eɪd

Verb

to persuade (third-person singular simple present persuades, present participle persuading, simple past and past participle persuaded)

1. (transitive) 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.

2. (transitive, now rare, dialectal) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).
   • 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

External links

• “persuade” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɛʁ.sɥad/, SAMPA: /pER.sHad/

Verb

persuade

1. First-, third-person singular indicative present of persuader
2. First-, third-person singular subjunctive present of persuader
3. Second-person singular imperative of persuader

Italian

Verb

persuade

1. Third-person singular indicative present of persuadere

Latin

Verb

persuādē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of persuādeō.

Spanish

Verb

persuade (infinitive persuadir)

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of persuadir.
2. informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of persuadir.

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• Persuasio From Persuadere