What does dissuade mean?
Definitions for dissuade
dɪˈsweɪddis·suade
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Princeton's WordNet
dissuade, deterverb
turn away from by persuasion
"Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"
Wiktionary
dissuadeverb
To convince not to try or do.
Etymology: From dissuadeo, from dis- + suadeo.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To DISSUADEverb
Etymology: dissuadeo, Latin.
We submit to Cæsar, promising
To pay our wonted tribute, from the which
We were dissuaded by our wicked queen. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Dissuadeverb
to advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course)
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
Etymology: [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See Suasion.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dissuade in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dissuade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of dissuade in a Sentence
I think the market has the mindset that there is almost nothing at this stage of the game that is going to dissuade the Fed from going in December.
They should not let the fact that this is coming before the Supreme Court in any way dissuade them.
I think what Jay Powell is going to try and do is continue Jay Powell narrative on fighting inflation while trying to dissuade the market from the notion that New York Federal Reserve has made a dovish pivot, i don't think Jay Powell's going to surprise the markets by Jay Powell statements.
We can't let it slide. We must have sanctions that dissuade with what's happened there [ in Bucha ], what's happening at Mariupol.
I dont want to dissuade people from doing this, people have to ask, Is there a way we can do this safely? The answer is Yes you can, but its not the way you might like it. But were all doing things we dont like right now.
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- разубеждавамBulgarian
- rozmluvitCzech
- abraten, abbringenGerman
- αποτρέπωGreek
- disuadirSpanish
- saada luopumaan, saada toisiin ajatuksiin, kääntää jonkun pääFinnish
- dissuaderFrench
- विरत करनाHindi
- dissuadereItalian
- 思いとどまるJapanese
- dissuādēreLatin
- uit het hoofd praten, afbrengen, afradenDutch
- dissuadirPortuguese
- разубедить, разубеждатьRussian
- avråda, avskräckaSwedish
- பிரிக்கTamil
- ห้ามปรามThai
- 勸阻Chinese
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