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dissuade someone from — persuade someone not to take (a course of action). → dissuade … English new terms dictionary
dissuade — dissuade, deter, discourage, divert mean to turn one aside from a purpose, a project, or a plan. Dissuade carries the strongest implication of advice, argument, or exhortation; like the affirmative form persuade, it usually suggests gentle or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Dissuade — Dis*suade , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissuaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissuading}.] [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See {Suasion}.] 1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course).… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dissuade — 1510s, from M.Fr. dissuader and directly from L. dissuadere to advise against, oppose by argument, from dis off, against (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + suadere to urge (see SUASION (Cf. suasion)). Related: Dissuaded; dissuading … Etymology dictionary
dissuade — [[t]dɪswe͟ɪd[/t]] dissuades, dissuading, dissuaded VERB If you dissuade someone from doing or believing something, you persuade them not to do or believe it. [FORMAL] [V n from ing/n] Doctors had tried to dissuade patients from smoking... [V n… … English dictionary
dissuade — 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… … Dictionary of contemporary English
dissuade — 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) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
dissuade — 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… … English dictionary
dissuade — 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 … Thesaurus of popular words
dissuade — 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 … New Collegiate Dictionary
dissuade — [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 … English new terms dictionary
