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    [Verb]  | "dis*suade" | \ di-ˈswād \


    1: to advise (a person) against something

    2: to advise against (an action)

    3: to turn from something by persuasion


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle French or Latin; Middle French dissuader, from Latin dissuadēre, from dis- + suadēre to urge {mat|sweet|};

    [Verb]  | "dissuading" 


    1: to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action;


      * e.g., " ... tried to dissuade her from her intention to drop out of college "





    [Verb]  | "dissuade" 


    1: to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action;


      * e.g., " ... tried to dissuade her from her intention to drop out of college "





     [ "dissuade" ]

    1: to convince (someone) not to do something

      * e.g.,  ... I tried to dissuade her from her intention to drop out of college. 

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