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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211. Olivier turned it down flat and tried to persuade Vivien to do likewise.
212. Perhaps existing members can persuade their families to become members to support their Medau interest.
213. He tried to persuade senior clerics to issue an edict allowing him to kill President Mohammad Khatami.
214. But Lissovsky's biggest problem is to persuade the gangsters who frequent the club to settle their differences elsewhere.
215. We intend to persuade the Church to engage in policy studies with the aim of developing people-oriented policies for the communication task.
216. Others persuade their instructors to do the very minimum necessary and state categorically that they hate stalls.
217. Will Opposition Members try to persuade the welfare rights organisations in their constituencies to behave responsibly?
218. Finally the engine gave up the ghost completely and nothing could persuade it to start again.
219. We managed to persuade him not to perform the whole work during the wedding ceremony.
220. Efficient-market believers could strike it rich if they could persuade people to give up.
221. Separate animal rights organisations now work together in co-ordinated campaigns to persuade teenagers that animals should not be used in research.
222. Failure to persuade medical staff of the adverse consequences on patient care should be reported to the next level of management.
223. The new bodies also recruited enough boxing promoters to persuade television broadcasters to take their champions seriously.
224. Yet the report looks to the institutional investors to exercise the leverage necessary to persuade companies to comply with the code.
225. Paisley stood on a picket line outside the Ballylumford power station in Larne and tried to persuade workers not to go in.
226. In Addis Ababa Tafari did his best to unite the frightened and divided chiefs and to persuade them to take effective action.
227. Then King jumped into the fray and tried to persuade Republicans to replace Gingrich with Rep.
228. My job is to persuade the customer to buy a product.
229. Despite Dycarbas's efforts to persuade Eustathius and command Emilia,[sentencedict.com] they can not moderate their behaviour.
230. Yet they have helped persuade a suspicious population to accept Mr Salinas's much-needed reforms.
231. King James offered financial rewards to persuade people to plant mulberries to feed his imported silkworms.
232. Using the techniques of forum theatre, the class try to persuade the old man to sell his house and land.
233. I shall not abandon the effort to persuade you otherwise.
234. If that is right, there is little hope unless they can quickly persuade people to start buying again.
235. I'm not sure I'll be able to persuade him, but I'll certainly have a go.
236. Sometimes, if her argument seems good enough, let her persuade you.
237. It was reported that Shamir intended to persuade Agudat Yisrael to join his coalition government.
238. A few insinuate themselves into the colonies of others and persuade their hosts into a free meal.
239. Alternatively, a hard-pressed sector may seek to persuade its government to invoke anti-dumping measures.
240. They must somehow persuade Republicans to de-emphasize a constitutional ban in order to win allies outside of the antiabortion camp.