- dissuade from
- discourage from, disincline, deter, talk out of
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
dissuade from entering — index picket Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
dissuade — ► VERB (dissuade from) ▪ persuade or advise not to do. DERIVATIVES dissuasion noun dissuasive adjective. ORIGIN Latin dissuadere, from suadere advise, persuade … English terms dictionary
dissuade — v. (D; tr.) to dissuade from * * * [dɪ sweɪd] (D; tr.) to dissuade from … Combinatory dictionary
dissuade — dissuade, deter, discourage, divert mean to turn one aside from a purpose, a project, or a plan. Dissuade carries the strongest implication of advice, argument, or exhortation; like the affirmative form persuade, it usually suggests gentle or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Dissuade — Dis*suade , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissuaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissuading}.] [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See {Suasion}.] 1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course).… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dissuade — I verb abash, advise against, argue against, attempt to divert, attempt to prevent, cause doubt, caution, convince to the contrary, daunt, dehortari, deter from one s purpose, deterrere, discourage, disenchant, dishearten, disillusion, dispirit,… … Law dictionary
dissuade — 1510s, from M.Fr. dissuader and directly from L. dissuadere to advise against, oppose by argument, from dis off, against (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + suadere to urge (see SUASION (Cf. suasion)). Related: Dissuaded; dissuading … Etymology dictionary
dissuade — [di swād′] vt. dissuaded, dissuading [L dissuadere < dis , away, from + suadere, to persuade: see SWEET] 1. to turn (a person) aside (from a course, etc.) by persuasion or advice 2. Obs. to advise against (an action) dissuader n … English World dictionary
dissuade — [[t]dɪswe͟ɪd[/t]] dissuades, dissuading, dissuaded VERB If you dissuade someone from doing or believing something, you persuade them not to do or believe it. [FORMAL] [V n from ing/n] Doctors had tried to dissuade patients from smoking... [V n… … English dictionary
dissuade — dis|suade [dıˈsweıd] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: dissuadere, from suadere to persuade ] to persuade someone not to do something ≠ ↑persuade dissuade sb from (doing) sth ▪ a campaign to dissuade young people from smoking… … Dictionary of contemporary English