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persuade (iou) and vulnerate (iou)


persuade (iou)



persuade verb. Also perswade. L15.
[Latin persuadere, formed as PER-1 + suadere advise, recommend.]
I. verb trans. With a person as obj.
Successfully urge to do; talk into or out of an action; attract, lure, or entice to something or in a particular direction. L15.
Dickens Be persuaded into being respectable. M. Shadbolt I've been trying to persuade Izzy down to the city for the last five years. S. Unwin Nothing would persuade many..important publishers to disclose their turnover figures.
Cause, lead, or bring to believe a statement, doctrine, etc., or the truth that or of; talk into or out of a belief. E16.
W. Cather She talked nervously..as if she were trying to persuade herself. G. B. Shaw Nothing will persuade me that any boy..likes..the drudgery of the professional footballer. Theological Studies Persuade him..of the pathological element in his personality.
Try to lead to do, urge or advise strongly; try to convince (a person) that. obsolete exc. dial. E16.
Anthony Wood I persuaded the society to set it above the arches, but I was not then heard.
II. verb trans. With an idea as obj.
Urge or recommend the acceptance of (a statement, opinion, etc.); inculcate. L15-L17.
Advocate or recommend (an act, course of action, etc.). L15-L18.
Lead a person to believe (that, a proposition, etc.); prove, demonstrate. E16-E18.
Lead a person to the performance or practice of (an act, course of action, etc.) by argument, pleading, etc. arch. M16.
III. verb intrans.
Talk earnestly with a person in order to secure agreement or compliance; expostulate with, plead with. L15-L17.
Use persuasion or pleading; be successful in persuasion, carry conviction; be convincing. L15.
G. F. Graham In order to persuade, we address the feelings and the imagination.
persuading adjective (now rare) that persuades; persuasive: L16.
persuadingly adverb (long rare) M16.

vulnerate (iou)



vulnerate verb trans.L16-M18.
[Latin vulnerat- pa. ppl stem of vulnerare, from vulner-, vulnus wound: see -ATE3.]
= VULN.