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persuade

verb
/pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/

Etymology

From Latin persuādeō (“to persuade”). Cognate to for, sweet.

  1. derived from persuādeō — “to persuade”

Definitions

  1. To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through…

    To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence.

    • That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion.
    • We will persuade him, be it possible.

  2. To convince of by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.

    To convince of by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe (something).

    • But beloued, wee are perswaded better things of you, and things that accompany saluation, though we thus speake.

  3. To urge, plead

    To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).

    • […] and hearken not vnto Hezekiah, when hee perswadeth you, saying, The Lord will deliuer vs.
    • She did not go into the coffee-room, though repeatedly persuaded by Miss Woodley, but waited at the door till her carriage drew up.
    • He persuaded me to go home, but I refused.

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Derived

mispersuade, overpersuade, persuadability, persuadable, persuadee, persuader, persuasion, persuasive, persuasory, repersuade, unpersuade

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at persuade. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at persuade. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at persuade

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA