Definition of Dissuade

Dis`suade´
v. t.1.To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course).
[imp. & p. p. Dissuaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissuading.]
Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter.
- Goldsmith.
War, therefore, open or concealed, alike
My voice dissuades.
- Milton.
2.To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; - with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose.
I have tried what is possible to dissuade him.
- Mad. D' Arblay.


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