English word persuade comes from Latin suadeo
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| suadeo | Latin (lat) | I advocate, promote, support, recommend.. I recommend, advise.. I urge, exhort; I suade, persuade. |
| persuadeo | Latin (lat) | (with dative) I persuade, convince.. I prevail upon, persuade or induce to do something. |
| persuade | English (eng) | (transitive) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. Compare sway.. (transitive, now, _, rare, dialectal) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).. (transitive, obsolete) To convince of by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe. |