0 present participle of persuade --
1 to make someone do or believe something by giving them a good reason to do it or by talking to that person and making them believe it: --
Her legal advisers persuaded her into/out of mentioning (= to mention/not to mention) the names of the people involved in the robbery.
formal The first priority is to persuade the management of the urgency of this matter.
Using a bunch of bananas, the zoo-keeper persuaded the monkey back into its cage.
[ + to infinitive ] He is trying to persuade local and foreign businesses to invest in the project.
[ + (that) ] It's no use trying to persuade him (that) you're innocent.
If she doesn't want to go, nothing you can say will persuade her.
He lectured throughout the country, successfully persuading the public to contribute money.
The editors have done well in persuading researchers with extensive experience with particular techniques to produce the protocols.
It is an approach that has been effective in persuading a wider readership, but has typically left policy-makers and their scientific and economic advisers cold.
They include having a good idea, spending time persuading and having an honest broker.
As a more complex writing task, knowledge-transforming requires writers to engage in the rhetorical act of persuading readers of their work's value, significance, and credibility.
It signifies the success of dominant classes in persuading others to accept and internalise their views, values, and norms.
It would be on this basis that a theodicy could serve as a means of persuading a non-theist to become a theist.
The most effective way of persuading an individual to stop is advice from a health professional.
