/ dɪˈsweɪd; NAmE / verb
[ vn ] dissuade sb (from sth / from doing sth) to persuade sb not to do sth :
I tried to dissuade him from giving up his job.
They were going to set off in the fog, but were dissuaded.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 15th cent. (in the sense advise against ): from Latin dissuadere , from dis- (expressing reversal) + suadere advise, persuade.