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persuade
verb as in cause to believe; convince to do
Strongest matches
advise, assure, cajole, coax, enlist, entice, exhort, get, impress, incline, induce, influence, prompt, satisfy, sway, urge, woo
Strong matches
actuate, affect, allure, blandish, brainwash, convert, counsel, draw, impel, incite, inveigle, lead, move, propagandize, proselytize, reason, seduce, sell, soft sell, stroke, touch, wheedle
Weak matches
argue into, bring around, bring to senses, gain confidence of, lead to believe, lead to do, prevail upon, proselyte, talk into, turn on to, wear down, win argument, win over, work over
Example Sentences
Those insurance companies send out a lot of mail and email at this time of year, trying to persuade people to choose their plans.
Claire Brown was persuaded to buy two dresses for £73 from Luxe and Luna London, after "constantly" seeing the company's appealing adverts on Facebook.
Half a dozen peace initiatives have failed, none of them able to pressure or persuade regional powerbrokers to push for a compromise.
In 2022, England head coach Eddie Jones reportedly tried to persuade the youngster to play for the Red Rose but Feinberg-Mngomezulu was only interested in representing the country of his birth.
But they had to be persuaded to tackle obesity as well, leveraging the hormone’s ability to recalibrate the body’s natural signals for fullness.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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