persuasive

The definition of persuasive is someone or something with the power to convince.

(adjective)

An example of persuasive is an argument that changes someone's mind.

See persuasive in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

having the power, or tending, to persuade

Origin: Fr persuasif < ML persuasivus < L persuasus, pp. of persuadere

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adjective

Tending or having the power to persuade: a persuasive argument.

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