v. to cause someone to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request
He was persuaded by the forceful speaker to register to vote.
He was persuaded by the forceful speaker to register to vote.
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Who persuaded the girls to stay at Miss Baker's and clean her house?
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Who finally persuaded Susan's Mom to allow her to go to try-outs for the play?
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How was Jessica finally persuaded to go to her father's funeral service?
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Who persuaded Wilbur to go to the dentist?
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The jury was persuaded by the lawyer's ad hominem arguments.
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Which reasons persuaded Alexandria that in the end she should live with her family?
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The crafty salesman persuaded him to buy the car.
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What persuaded the train clerk to allow the children to purchase tickets?
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She persuaded him to decamp.
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convinced; moved; talked into
discouraged; dissuaded
3 syllables
per-suad-ed
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