overhalen — meaning in English

English meaning

• coax verb To gently persuade someone to do something through patience or flattery.
• induce verb To persuade or influence someone to do something.
• persuade verb To get someone to agree to or do something by giving reasons or arguments.

Senses

overhalen is used for these senses in English:

• coax (transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
• induce (transitive) To cause, bring about, lead to.
• persuade (transitive, now, rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). [from 16th c.]

induce — full definition

1. verb To persuade or influence someone to do something.
2. verb To cause or bring about a particular state or effect.
3. verb To bring on labor artificially in a pregnant woman, usually with medication.
4. verb To generate an electric current or magnetic effect through a nearby changing field.

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