dissuade : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dissuade	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dissuade
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dissuade v turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people" Synonym(s): dissuade, deter Antonym(s): persuade
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dissuade \Dissuade"\, 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). [Obsolescent] Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter. --Goldsmith. War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades. --Milton. 2. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade* him from his purpose. I have tried what is possible to dissuade him. --Mad. D' Arblay.