dissuade (verb)

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• dissuade — ► VERB (dissuade from) ▪ persuade or advise not to do. DERIVATIVES dissuasion noun dissuasive adjective. ORIGIN Latin dissuadere, from suadere advise, persuade …   English 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 — 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 — I verb abash, advise against, argue against, attempt to divert, attempt to prevent, cause doubt, caution, convince to the contrary, daunt, dehortari, deter from one s purpose, deterrere, discourage, disenchant, dishearten, disillusion, dispirit,… …   Law 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 — verb /dɪˈsweɪd/ To convince not to try or do. Ant: persuade …   Wiktionary

• dissuade — verb Syn: discourage, deter, prevent, divert, stop, talk out of, persuade against, advise against, argue out of Ant: encourage …   Synonyms and antonyms 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 — 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 — 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 — 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… …   English dictionary for students