Meaning of DISSUADE
| Pronunciation: | | di'sweyd
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| | Definition: | | [v] turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people" |
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| | Synonyms: | | deter |
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| | Antonyms: | | persuade, sway | | |
| | See Also: | | advise, counsel, talk out of | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dis*suade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissuaded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Dissuading}.] [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- +
suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See
{Suasion}.]
1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from
a course). [Obsolescent]
Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with
great ardor: and I stood neuter. --Goldsmith.
War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice
dissuades. --Milton.
2. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons
or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him
from his purpose.
I have tried what is possible to dissuade him.
--Mad. D'
Arblay.
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| | Related Terms: | | admonish, advise, caution, counsel, cry out against, daunt, derail, deter, discourage, divert, exhort, expostulate, frighten off, intimidate, kid out of, prick, remonstrate, talk out of, throw off, unpersuade, urge, warn |
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