dissuade

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /dɪˈsweɪd/

Verb

dissuade (dissuades, present participle dissuading; past and past participle dissuaded)

1. (transitive) To convince not to try or do.

   Jane dissuaded Martha from committing suicide.

Antonyms

• persuade

Related terms

• dissuasion
• dissuasive

Translations

• French: dissuader
• German: abbringen, abraten
• Italian: dissuadere
• Portuguese: dissuadir
• Russian: разубежда́ть
• Spanish: disuadir

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