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What does persuade mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word persuade? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. Compare sway.
  2. (transitive, now rare, dialectal) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To convince of by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe.
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She would meet Julius, persuade him to her point of view, and they would beard the lion in his den.
Nothing new there, you might reply, you cheeky young scamps, and I'm hardly in much of a position to persuade you otherwise.
His employers at Guthy-Renker were making it even tougher by sweetening his package to persuade him to stay.
The farmer, seeing the birds he raised for food being killed, tried to persuade the hunter to stop.
But I have not heard anything yet to persuade me that what they have is superior to what we Tewas and Hopis have.
I have to say, if the idea was to persuade any of us that her followers are sane and rational people, the plan backfired in spectacular fashion.

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