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persuade: Meaning and Definition of
per•suade
Pronunciation: (pur-swād'), [key] — -suad•ed, -suad•ing.
- to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- to induce to believe by appealing to reason or understanding; convince: to persuade the judge of the prisoner's innocence.
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