Synonym: convert, convict, convince, induce, win over. Antonym: dissuade. Similar words: versus, leadership, squad, for sure, pursuit, visual, casual, unusual. Meaning: [pər'sweɪd /pə's-] v. 1. win approval or support for 2. cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm.
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121. Eisenhower used his muscle to persuade Congress to change the law.
122. Clever salesmanship can persuade you to buy things you don't really want.
123. Gandhi and Martin Luther King both led campaigns of civil disobedience to try to persuade the authorities to change their policies.
124. Somehow, he'd managed to persuade Kay to buy one for him.
125. At no time did they try to persuade me to suppress the information.
126. I tried to persuade her to resume her job as secretary.
127. He will doubtless try and persuade his colleagues to change their minds.
128. I'm trying to persuade her to come, but I'm getting nowhere.
129. I tried to persuade her to see a doctor. The main meaning of convince is to make someone believe that something is true:He convinced me he was right.
130. I don't think you'll persuade David to come along to tonight's meeting - he's not much of a joiner. Sentencedict.com
131. Friends tried to persuade them to change their minds, but neither man would listen to reason.
132. We did all that we possibly could to persuade her to come.
133. I gave up trying to persuade him to continue with his studies.
134. We must try to bring Mother more up to date with modern styles, and persuade her not to wear such old-fashioned clothes.
135. Does Compact persuade employers to discontinue discriminatory practices?
136. The marketeers are out to persuade them otherwise.
137. Nothing could persuade him to confirm or deny.
138. There was no attempt to persuade him to reconsider.
139. He gives it no emphasis, doesn't try to persuade.
140. As noted in chapter 4, its action program originally was based on pamphleteering and letter-writing to persuade anti-Semites of their error.
141. William Reilly's efforts to persuade the Administration to agree to sign was reportedly the prime focus of tension between them.
142. I was able to persuade them to borrow large sums of money and speculate.
143. Any attempts to persuade farmers of the necessity of environmental conservation must take all these factors into account.
144. The union will engage in negotiations with the employers in an attempt to persuade them that the wage claim is justified.
145. Given his open hostility, it seemed pointless to try and continue to persuade him.
146. We need to persuade parents that almost all vaccines are harmless.
147. The principal goal of administration policy has been to persuade others to endorse missile defense.
148. She used treats and kindness rather than nagging to persuade her mum to kick the habit for at least two weeks.
149. Poenisch is leading a grass-roots campaign to persuade Michigan voters to legalize doctor-assisted suicide.
150. The archdiocese still hopes to persuade the city to exempt Catholic Charities from the domestic partners ordinance, he said.