PERSUADE
\pəswˈe͡ɪd], \pəswˈeɪd], \p_ə_s_w_ˈeɪ_d]\
Definitions of PERSUADE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence; "This new washer carries a two year guarantee"; "The loan carries a high interest rate"; "this undertaking carries many dangers"; "She carries her mother's genes"; "These bonds carry warrants"; "The restaurant carries an unusual name"
By Princeton University
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To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.
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To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe.
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To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend.
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Persuasion.
By Oddity Software
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To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.
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To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe.
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To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend.
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Persuasion.
By Noah Webster.
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Persuasion.
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Persuader.
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To influence by entreaty or reasoning; win over; convince; plead successfully.
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Persuadable.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Persuader.
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To influence successfully by argument, advice, etc.: to bring to any particular opinion: to convince.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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