Dissuade Definition

dĭ-swād
dissuaded, dissuades, dissuading
verb
dissuaded, dissuades, dissuading
To turn (a person) aside (from a course, etc.) by persuasion or advice.
Webster's New World
To advise against (an action)
Webster's New World

To convince not to try or do.

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Origin of Dissuade

  • From Middle French dissuader, from Latin dissuādeō (“I urge differently”, “I advise against”, “I dissuade”), from dis- (“away from”, “asunder”) + suādeō (“I recommend”, “I advise”, “I urge”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin dissuādēre dis- dis- suādēre to advise swād- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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