PERSUADE

[verb] [T] - to make (someone) do or believe something by giving them a good reason to do it or by talking to them and making them believe itIf she doesn't want to go, nothing you can say will persuade her.It's no use trying to persuade him (that) you're innocent. [+ object + (that) clause]A higher gasoline tax might persuade consumers that small cars are the best option. [+ object + that clause]He is trying to persuade local and foreign businesses to invest in the project. [+ object + to infinitive](formal) The first priority is to persuade the management of the urgency of this matter.Her legal advisers persuaded her into/out of mentioning (= to mention/not to mention) the names of the people involved in the robbery.(figurative) Using a bunch of bananas, the zoo-keeper patiently persuaded the monkey back (= made it go back) into its cage. [T]