suasive

suasive
sua·sive (swāʹsĭv) adj.
Having the power to persuade or convince; persuasive.
  [Latin suāsus, past participle of suādēre, to advise; see suasion + -ive.]   suaʹsive·ly adv. suaʹsive·ness n.

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