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What does "persuade" mean?

Persuade: We will persuade him, be it possible. Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To try to influence. [Obsolescent] Hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you. 2 Kings xviii.
  2. 3.3. To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe. Beloved, we are persuaded better things of you. Heb. vi.
  3. 4.4. To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend. Jer. Taylor. See Convince.
  4. 5.To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion. Shak.
  5. 6.Persuasion. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

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