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Persuade

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Verb

1. carry, persuade, sway

win approval or support for

Example Sentences:
'Carry all before one'
'His speech did not sway the voters'

2. persuade

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

Example Sentences:
'You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Persuade

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verb (tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive)
1. 
to induce, urge, or prevail upon successfully
he finally persuaded them to buy it
2. 
to cause to believe; convince
even with the evidence, the police were not persuaded

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Persuade

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verb transitiveWord forms: perˈsuaded or perˈsuading
1. 
to cause to do something by reasoning, urging, or inducement; prevail upon
2. 
to induce to believe something; convince

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Persuade

see synonyms of persuade
tr.v. per·suad·ed, per·suad·ing, per·suades
To cause (someone) to accept a point of view or to undertake a course of action by means of argument, reasoning, or entreaty: "to make children fit to live in a society by persuading them to learn and accept its codes" (Alan W. Watts). See Usage Note at convince.

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