Persuasive Definition

pər-swāsĭv, -zĭv
adjective
Having the power, or tending, to persuade.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Persuasive

  • From Medieval Latin persuasivus, from Latin past participle stem of persuadere + -ivus

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Persuasive Sentence Examples

  • You're the most persuasive person I've ever met.

  • Baxter was possessed by an unconquerable belief in the power of persuasive argument.

  • I'm sure answers might be forthcoming via direct and persuasive questioning.

  • I went to the session and found the presentation quite persuasive.

  • Cardinal Siffrein, who is known as the Abbe Maury (1746-1817), resumed all the known artifices of sermon-style in a volume which has a permanent historical value, the well-known Essai sur l'eloquence de la chaire (1810); he was himself rather a fiery politician than a persuasive divine.

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PPEPER

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EVEIVE

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