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convincere — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • coax verb To gently persuade someone to do something through patience or flattery.
  • convince verb To make someone believe something, usually through reasoning or evidence.
  • decide verb To make a choice or judgment after thinking something over.
  • lead noun A soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal, chemical symbol Pb.
  • persuade verb To get someone to agree to or do something by giving reasons or arguments.

Senses

convincere 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.
  • convince To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
  • decide (transitive) To cause someone to come to a decision.
  • lead Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
  • lead To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
  • lead To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
  • persuade (transitive, now, rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). [from 16th c.]
  • stir up (transitive) To arouse or excite (passion or action, etc.).

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