'Dissuade' definitions:
Definition of 'dissuade'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Dissuade'
From: GCIDE
- Dissuade \Dis*suade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissuaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissuading.] [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See Suasion.]
- 1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). [Obsolescent] [1913 Webster]
- Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose. [1913 Webster]
- I have tried what is possible to dissuade him. --Mad. D' Arblay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dissuade'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admonish,
- advise,
- caution,
- counsel,
- cry out against,
- daunt,
- derail,
- deter,
- discourage,
- divert,
- exhort,
- expostulate,
- frighten off,
- intimidate,
- kid out of,
- prick,
- remonstrate,
- talk out of,
- throw off,
- unpersuade,
- urge,
- warn