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dissuade

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  1. 1. v. t. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. turn away from by persuasion Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). [Obsolescent] Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter. Goldsmith. War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades. Milton. 2. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose. I have tried what is possible to dissuade him. Mad. D' Arblay. Source: webster
  5. 5. v:100 v. turn away from by persuasion Source: ecdict

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