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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 — Dis*suade , 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).… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dissuadé — dissuadé, ée (di ssu a dé, dée) part. passé. Dissuadé par ses amis de prendre part à cette affaire … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
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 — 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 — 1510s, from M.Fr. dissuader and directly from L. dissuadere to advise against, oppose by argument, from dis off, against (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + suadere to urge (see SUASION (Cf. suasion)). Related: Dissuaded; dissuading … Etymology dictionary
dissuade — [v] talk out of advise against, caution against, chicken out*, counsel, cry out against, deprecate, derail, deter, disadvise, discourage, disincline, divert, exhort, expostulate, faze, hinder, lean on*, persuade not to, prevent, prick, put off,… … New thesaurus
dissuadé — Dissuadé, [dissuad]ée. part … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
dissuade — [di swād′] vt. dissuaded, dissuading [L dissuadere < dis , away, from + suadere, to persuade: see SWEET] 1. to turn (a person) aside (from a course, etc.) by persuasion or advice 2. Obs. to advise against (an action) dissuader n … English World 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
