(~s, persuading, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ someone to do something, you cause them to do it by giving them good reasons for doing it.
My husband ~d me to come...
They were eventually ~d by the police to give themselves up.
VERB: V n to-inf, V n to-inf, also V n into n/-ing, V n
~r (~rs)
All great ~rs and salesmen are the same.
N-COUNT
2.
If something ~s someone to take a particular course of action, it causes them to take that course of action because it is a good reason for doing so.
The Conservative Party’s victory in April’s general election ~d him to run for President again...
VERB: V n to-inf
3.
If you ~ someone that something is true, you say things that eventually make them believe that it is true.
I’ve ~d Mrs Tennant that it’s time she retired...
Derek ~d me of the feasibility of the idea.
= convince
VERB: V n that, V n of n
~d
He is not ~d of the need for electoral reform...
ADJ: v-link ADJ, ADJ of n, ADJ that