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English to English noun
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Persuasion. |  | source: webster1913 verb
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win approval or support for | | Example: Carry all before one
His speech did not sway the voters
source: wordnet30
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cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm | | Example: You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!
source: wordnet30
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To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives. | | source: webster1913
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To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion. | | source: webster1913
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