PERSUADE

vt to try to influence.

2. persuade ·noun persuasion.

3. persuade ·vi to use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion.

4. persuade ·vt to convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, ·etc.; to cause to believe.

5. persuade ·vt to inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend.

6. persuade ·vt to influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, ·etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.