persuadere — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cajole verb To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
- coax verb To gently persuade someone to do something through patience or flattery.
- induce verb To persuade or influence someone to do something.
- move verb To change position or location.
- 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.
- put up phrasal verb To build, erect or fix something in a raised position so that it can be seen or used.
Senses
persuadere 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.
- move (intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act
- 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.
- put up (transitive, idiom, used with "to") To cajole or dare (someone) to do (something).
- talk into (transitive) To convince (someone) by talking and suggesting.