Definitions for dissuade
dɪˈsweɪddis·suade

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dissuade, deterverb

   turn away from by persuasion

   "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dissuadeverb

   To convince not to try or do.

2. Etymology: From dissuadeo, from dis- + suadeo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To DISSUADEverb

   Etymology: dissuadeo, Latin.

   1. To dehort; to divert by reason or importunity from any thing.

   We submit to Cæsar, promising
   To pay our wonted tribute, from the which
   We were dissuaded by our wicked queen. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   2. To represent any thing as unfit or dangerous.

   This would be worse;
   War therefore, open or conceal’d, alike
   My voice dissuades. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ii.

   Not diffident of thee, do I dissuade
   Thy absence from my sight. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ix.

   I’d fain deny this wish, which thou hast made;
   Or, what I can’t deny, would fain dissuade. Joseph Addison, Ovid.

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1. dissuade

   To dissuade means to persuade someone not to take a particular course of action. It involves deterring or discouraging someone from doing something, often through reasoning or argument.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dissuadeverb

   to advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course)

2. Dissuadeverb

   to divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose

3. Etymology: [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See Suasion.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dissuade

   dis-swād′, v.t. to advise against: to try to divert from anything by advice or persuasion: to succeed in persuading not to.—ns. Dissuā′der; Dissuā′sion.—adj. Dissuā′sive, tending to dissuade.—n. that which tends to dissuade.—adv. Dissuā′sively.—n. and adj. Dissuā′sory (rare). [Fr.,—L. dissuadēre—dis, apart, suadēre, suasum, to advise.]

Matched Categories

1. • Advise

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dissuade in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dissuade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of dissuade in a Sentence

1. David Schenker:

   I would work with our allies to dissuade them, or encourage them, to avoid military purchases that would be potentially sanctionable, in other words, I would tell Saudi Arabia not to do it.

2. Josh Earnest:

   The president's comments were more in line with what officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity told CNN and other outlets after the ships were deployed Monday : that the U.S. ships were moved closer to Yemen to monitor and dissuade the Iranian convoy. Josh Earnest, though, focused on the need for the U.S. Navy ships to keep the region's waters safe for commerce. READ : Rubio, Kirk : No nuclear deal unless Iran releases reporter The movement of the -- of this particular aircraft carrier would augment the American military presence in the Gulf of Aden and would send a clear signal about our continued insistence about the free flow of commerce and the freedom of movement in the region.

3. Vladimir Putin.Kristine Berzina:

   The West needs every possible form of leverage that The West can get to dissuade Russia from invading Ukraine, russia's ambitions right now are huge and the explicit asks it has made of The West on returning troops to where they were in the early 90s and to close the door on NATO expansion, these are not in line with the West's values, so The West really can't give Russia what The West wants there.

4. Henry Cuellar:

   My message remains the same. The border is not secure and we need to be doing more to dissuade migrants from coming to the United States.

5. Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg:

   The real problem with the information sharing is not just that it has resulted in people being deported but that the specific design of it is to dissuade sponsors from coming forward, thereby keeping kids locked up for longer.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dissuade
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dissuade
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dissuade
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dissuade
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=dissuade
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=dissuade