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dissuade
(encz) | dissuade,nedoporučovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
dissuade
(encz) | dissuade,odrazovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Dissuade
(gcide) | Dissuade \Dis*suade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissuaded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dissuading.] [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- +
suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See
Suasion.]
1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from
a course). [Obsolescent]
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Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with
great ardor: and I stood neuter. --Goldsmith.
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War, therefore, open or concealed, alike
My voice dissuades. --Milton.
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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.
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I have tried what is possible to dissuade him.
--Mad. D'
Arblay.
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dissuade
(wn) | dissuade
v 1: turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will
only dissuade people" [syn: dissuade, deter] [ant:
persuade] |
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dissuade
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dissuaded
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Dissuaded
(gcide) | Dissuade \Dis*suade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissuaded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dissuading.] [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- +
suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See
Suasion.]
1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from
a course). [Obsolescent]
[1913 Webster]
Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with
great ardor: and I stood neuter. --Goldsmith.
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War, therefore, open or concealed, alike
My voice dissuades. --Milton.
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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.
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I have tried what is possible to dissuade him.
--Mad. D'
Arblay.
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Dissuader
(gcide) | Dissuader \Dis*suad"er\, n.
One who dissuades; a dehorter.
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dissuade
(wn) | dissuade
v 1: turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will
only dissuade people" [syn: dissuade, deter] [ant:
persuade] |
TO DISSUADE
(bouvier) | TO DISSUADE, crim. law. To induce a person not to do an act.
2. To dissuade a witness from giving evidence against a person
indicted, is an indictable offence at common law. Hawk. B. 1, c. 2 1, s. 1
5. The mere attempt to stifle evidence, is also criminal, although the
persuasion should not succeed, on the general principle that an incitement
to commit a crime, is in itself criminal. 1 Russ. on Cr. 44; 6 East, R. 464;
2 East, R. 6, 21; 2 Str. 904; 2 Leach, 925. Vide To Persuade.
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