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Dissuade

Dissuade Meaning & Definition
Dissuade Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dissuade?

[v] turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dissuade: deter

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dissuade: admonish | advise | caution | counsel | cry out against | daunt | derail | deter | discourage | divert | exhort | expostulate | frighten off | intimidate | kid out of | prick | remonstrate | talk out of | throw off | unpersuade | urge | warn

See Also | advise | counsel | talk out of

Dissuade In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*suade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissuaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissuading}.] [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See {Suasion}.] 1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). [Obsolescent] Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter. --Goldsmith. War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades. --Milton. 2. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose. I have tried what is possible to dissuade him. --Mad. D' Arblay.

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