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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
- (vanhentunut) perswade
Synonyymit
Määritelmät
Verbit
- (transitive) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. Compare sway.
- (transitive, now rare, dialectal) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).
- (transitive, obsolete) To convince of by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe.
Esimerkit
- That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion.
- We will persuade him, be it possible.
- The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained.
- The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott.
- Hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you.
- He persuaded me to go home, but I refused.
- Beloved, we are persuaded better things of you.
- You’ll never persuade me of that.
- A police officer persuaided a despondent person to step down from the roof.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | persuaded |
| Imperfekti | persuaded |
| Partisiipin preesens | persuading |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | persuades |