prevails upon

VERB

persuade, influence

Synonyms

WEAK

affect argue into bring around convince crack dispose draw get get around impress incline induce promote prompt put across ram down throat sell suck in sway talk into win over

Antonyms

WEAK

discourage dissuade leave alone

Example Sentences

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The corporate chieftain prevails upon Beale to “preach” a new “evangel” to his audience in which he decries individualism and embraces what the movie’s narrator calls “the corporate cosmology of Arthur Jensen.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2021

Now one, now the other, according to the temper of the times, prevails upon thought.

From Time Magazine Archive

Agamemnon pursues this advice, and Nestor farther prevails upon him to send ambassadors to Achilles in order to move him to a reconciliation.

From The Iliad by Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of

They hear approaching footsteps, and Valentine prevails upon him to enter a side room just as her father and husband come in at the main door with a company of Catholic noblemen.

From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel

Then Rose prevails upon the wicked relative to relent.

From The Secrets of a Savoyard by Lytton, Henry A.