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Related / Similar Words: carry, sway

 

Definition:
  • cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody''s arm; "You can''t persuade me to buy this ugly vase!";
  • win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters";

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    Hyponyms: bring round, bring around, badger, sell, chat up, talk into, rope in, wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle, convert, win over, convince, brainwash, assure, charm, influence, tempt, prevail, drag, seduce, score, make

     

    Grouped Verbs: carry

     

    Derivational Morphology: persuasion, suasion, persuader, inducer, sway

     

    Language Translations:
    Chinese: 说服   Danish: overbevise  
    Dutch: overtuigen   Finnish: taivuttaa  
    French: persuader   German: überreden  
    Hungarian: rábeszél   Italian: persuadere  
    Japanese: 説得   Korean: 설득하다  
    Latin: persuadere   Norwegian: overtale  
    Portuguese: persuadir   Russian: убеждать  
    Spanish: persuadir   Swedish: övertyga  
    Vietnamese: thuyết phục  
     
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