persuade
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- (transitive) If you persuade somebody to do something, you make them do it, usually by telling them why it's a good thing to do.
- She tried to persuade her mother to leave Greensburg.
- He hoped she could be persuaded to join him as he travelled through France and Germany.
- (transitive) If you persuade somebody of something, you make them believe that it's true.
- I was able to persuade my parents that I needed a new cell phone.
- We tried to persuade him of the danger of staying.