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Persuade

[pərˈsweɪd]

verb

LanguageEnglish (United Kingdom)

Meaning
  1. To convince someone to do or believe something
Examples

He tried to persuade his parents to let him go to the concert.

He attempted to convince his mother and father to allow him to attend the show.

Pronunciationpərˈsweɪd

Part of speechverb

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