persuade

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verb

1. To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way: argue into, bring, bring around (or round), convince, get, induce, prevail on (or upon), sell (on), talk into. See persuasion/dissuasion.
2. To cause (another) to believe or feel sure about something: assure, convince, satisfy, win over. See persuasion/dissuasion.

v

Definition: cause to believe; convince to do
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade, hinder, prevent, repress, stop, suppress

IN BRIEF: adj. - Being open to convincing.

The company is persuadable to what you propose so long as you can cite legitimate causes.

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For a list of words related to persuade, see:

• Reasoning and Informing - persuade: convince by reasoning; induce
• Support, Encouragement, and Agreement - persuade: (vb) prevail on by argument or entreaty

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Common misspelling(s) of persuade

• pursuade

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - overtale, få til at tro

Nederlands (Dutch)
overreden, overtuigen

Français (French)
v. tr. - persuader, convaincre

Deutsch (German)
v. - überreden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - πείθω, μεταπείθω, καταφέρνω

Italiano (Italian)
persuadere, convincere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - persuadir

Русский (Russian)
убеждать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - persuadir, convencer

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - övertyga, övertala

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
劝, 说服, 使相信

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 勸, 說服, 使相信

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 설득하다, 믿게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 説得する, 説き伏せる, 信じさせる, 納得させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقنع, يحث, يحمله على‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שכנע, פיתה, שידל, השפיע‬

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