0 to persuade someone not to do something:
I tried to dissuade her from leaving.
1 to persuade someone not to do something:
I have seen other martial arts instructors use similar stratagems to dissuade unwanted students.
However, the 'land to the tiller' script was still powerful enough to dissuade the parties from pushing through the change fearing a political backlash.
Women were not to enter the public sphere, and married women in particular were to be dissuaded from working outside the home.
Missionaries often used references to her children when attempting to dissuade a widow from the pyre.
Although appeal to the risks of change may dampen winners' support for reforms, appeals to risk may not dissuade losers from wanting change.
If the industry fails to address their use of older negative stereotypes, they risk alienating the rapidly growing older market and dissuading younger consumers.
He admitted to an interest in physics, though his teacher dissuaded him from pursuing avenues in this direction.
It can also be a warning (a directive) to dissuade one from an act.