überreden — meaning in English
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English meaning
- coax verb To gently persuade someone to do something through patience or flattery.
- persuade verb To get someone to agree to or do something by giving reasons or arguments.
- prevail verb To win out or come out on top, especially after a struggle.
- procure verb To obtain something, especially through effort or by particular means.
- solicit verb To ask for or try to obtain something, often persistently or formally.
- wheedle verb To try to persuade someone by flattering them.
Senses
überreden 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.
- persuade (transitive, now, rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). [from 16th c.]
- prevail (intransitive) To succeed in persuading or inducing.
- procure (transitive, criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something.
- solicit (transitive) To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior.
- wheedle (ambitransitive) To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
persuade — full definition
- verb To get someone to agree to or do something by giving reasons or arguments.
- verb To convince someone that something is true.
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