About The Word Dissuade
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Dissuade
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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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