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persuader Definition


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persuade
verb persuaded, persuading
    1. To urge successfully; to prevail on or induce someone.
      Thesaurus: urge, induce, convince, talk into, cajole, coax, harangue, inveigle, entice, incite, compel, sway, sweet-talk (slang).
      Form: persuade someone to do something (also)
    2. To convince them that it is true, valid, advisable, etc.
      Form: persuade someone of something (often)
Derivative: persuader
    Someone or something that persuades.
    slang
    A gun.
Etymology: 16c: from Latin persuadere, from per thoroughly + suadere to advise or recommend.



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