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The definition of persuade is to convince someone to do or think something.

(verb)

An example ofpersuade is when you make a strong argument for why your idea is right and your argument convinces your boss to implement your idea.

See persuade in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb persuaded, persuading

to cause to do something by reasoning, urging, or inducement; prevail upon
to induce to believe something; convince

Origin: MFr persuader < L persuadere < per-, intens. + suadere, to urge: see suasion

Related Forms:

persuadable adjective or persuasible
persuasibility noun

See persuade in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb per·suad·ed, per·suad·ing, per·suades

To induce to undertake a course of action or embrace a point of view by means of argument, reasoning, or entreaty: “to make children fit to live in a society by persuading them to learn and accept its codes” (Alan W. Watts). See Usage Note at convince.

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Origin: Latin persuādēre

Origin: : per-, per-

Origin: + suādēre, to urge; see swād- in Indo-European roots

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