Dissuade
11dissuade — UK [dɪˈsweɪd] / US verb [transitive] Word forms dissuade : present tense I/you/we/they dissuade he/she/it dissuades present participle dissuading past tense dissuaded past participle dissuaded formal to persuade someone not to do something… …
12dissuade — v. (D; tr.) to dissuade from * * * [dɪ sweɪd] (D; tr.) to dissuade from …
13dissuade — dis|suade [dıˈsweıd] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: dissuadere, from suadere to persuade ] to persuade someone not to do something ≠ ↑persuade dissuade sb from (doing) sth ▪ a campaign to dissuade young people from smoking… …
14dissuade — verb (T) to persuade somebody not to do something: dissuade sb from doing sth: a campaign to dissuade young people from smoking compare persuade dissuasion /di sweIZFn/ noun (U) …
15dissuade — transitive verb (dissuaded; dissuading) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French dissuader, from Latin dissuadēre, from dis + suadēre to urge more at sweet Date: 15th century 1. a. to advise (a person) against something b …
16dissuade — dissuadable, adj. dissuader, n. /di swayd /, v.t., dissuaded, dissuading. 1. to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often fol. by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home. 2. Archaic. to advise or urge against: to… …
17dissuade — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. deter, disincline, persuade not to; see discourage 1 , 3 , hinder , prevent . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [dis WADE] to discourage or talk out of. I would dissuade any family member from bungee… …
18dissuade — dis|suade [ dı sweıd ] verb transitive FORMAL to persuade someone not to do something: Campbell tried in vain to dissuade Paton from quitting. ╾ dis|sua|sion [ dı sweıʒn ] noun uncount …
19dissuade — [dɪ sweɪd] verb (dissuade someone from) persuade someone not to take (a course of action). Derivatives dissuader noun dissuasion noun dissuasive adjective Origin C15 (earlier (ME) as dissuasion): from L. dissuadere, from dis (expressing reversal …
20dissuade — verb his colleagues did nothing to dissuade him from quitting Syn: discourage from, deter from, prevent from, divert from, stop from; talk out of, persuade against, advise against, argue out of Ant: encourage …
