PERSUADE

persuade

Verb

  1. To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. Compare sway.
    That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion.
  2. To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).
  3. To convince of by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe.


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