[dis.suade] vt dis.suad.ed ; dis.suad.ing [MF or L; MF dissuader, fr. L dissuadere, fr. dis- + suadere to urge--more at sweet] (15c) 1 a: to advise (a person) against something b archaic: to advise against (an action)
2: to turn from something by persuasion -- dis.suad.er n