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Synonyms for persuades
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : per-sweyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsweɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for persuades Other synonyms for the word persuades
- actuate
- affect
- allure
- argue into
- blandish
- brainwash
- bring around
- bring to senses
- convert
- counsel
- draw
- gain confidence of
- impel
- incite
- induce
- influence
- inveigle
- lead
- lead to believe
- lead to do
- move
- prevail upon
- prompt
- propagandize
- proselyte
- proselytize
- reason
- satisfy
- seduce
- sell
- stroke
- sway
- talk into
- touch
- turn on to
- urge
- wear down
- wheedle
- win argument
- win over
- woo
- work over
Définition of persuades
Origin :- 1510s, from Middle French persuader (14c.), from Latin persuadere "to bring over by talking," (see persuasion). Related: Persuaded; persuading.
- verb cause to believe; convince to do
- "I will write that promise to my mother and see if it persuades her," she informed him.
- Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
- In the second she persuades a fisherman to convey her across a sea or lake.
- Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
- Minerva then persuades Pandarus to break the truce by aiming an arrow at Menelaus.
- Extract from : « The Iliad of Homer (1873) » by Homer
- This done, he finds the maiden there and persuades her to marry him.
- Extract from : « The Science of Fairy Tales » by Edwin Sidney Hartland
- Dolores makes mischief, and persuades him to leave her all his money.
- Extract from : « Etheldreda the Ready » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
- Pete has a dream and persuades Billy to accompany him on an expedition.
- Extract from : « The Deacon » by Horace C. Dale
- He persuades me, or rather, he implores me, to buy—dost thou know what?
- Extract from : « Children of the Soil » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
- Flammen, who has conceived a deep affection for her, persuades her to be his model.
- Extract from : « The Complete Opera Book » by Gustav Kobb
- He persuades her to break the enchantment and defy the evil powers by which she has been bound.
- Extract from : « The Complete Opera Book » by Gustav Kobb
- By His spirit, he persuades us to give Him admission to our hearts.
- Extract from : « The World's Great Sermons, Volume 6: H. W. Beecher to Punshon » by Various
Antonyms for persuades
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