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verb

Dissuade v. t. (past & past part. dissuaded; pres. part. dissuading)

To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). (Obsolescent) "Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter." "War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades."

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."

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Etymology of 'Dissuade'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dissuade" Quotes from Famous Books

... as much. Well, if I cannot dissuade you from attempting this enterprise, I must e'en go with you, as I am pledged to do. To let you undertake it alone, after agreeing to bear you company were treason to our friendship. It would be like deserting in the face of ...

— Mr. Fortescue • William Westall

... great—trial. Pardon my emotion!" She snuffed into a handkerchief, and wiped her eyes with a delicate touch or two. "But I should not dream of standing in the way of her happiness. No! If she has made her heart's choice, I shall not attempt to dissuade her. And I feel that she has chosen wisely. Of course, my dear Mr. Vernon, though we have had the pleasure of your presence with us for some time, ...

— Nell, of Shorne Mills - or, One Heart's Burden • Charles Garvice

... sanitary league. Lately a visiting radical, on the occasion of a certain patriotic celebration, expressed a conventional wish to spit upon the abundantly displayed flag. A knowing friend was quick to dissuade him. ...

— The Wrong Twin • Harry Leon Wilson

... our progress with William Hinkley, and inquire in what manner his wooing sped with the woman whom he so unwisely loved. We have seen him leaving the cottage of Mr. Calvert with the avowed purpose of seeking a final answer. A purpose from which the old man did not seek to dissuade him, though he readily conceived its fruitlessness. It was with no composed spirit that the young rustic felt himself approaching the house of Mrs. Cooper. More than once he hesitated and even halted. But a feeling of shame, and the efforts of returning manliness re-resolved him, and he hurried ...

— Charlemont • W. Gilmore Simms

... "It is merely that I do not want you to risk your life any further for us. Is there no way I can dissuade you?" ...

— The Adventures of Kathlyn • Harold MacGrath

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