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Dissuaded

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). [Obsolescent]

    Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter.
    --Goldsmith.

    War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades.
    --Milton.

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

    I have tried what is possible to dissuade him.
    --Mad. D' Arblay.

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dissuaded

vb. (en-past of: dissuade)

Usage examples of "dissuaded".

Roy was not going to be dissuaded from whatever insane course he had inaugurated.

But the sight of Prince Cador's armed men, as well as Bericus's casual mention that Comes Artos owned the horses, dissuaded anyone from trying to part us from our mounts.

If only there'd been markings to speed up identification, and then if the participants could be dissuaded from arriving on the previewed scene.

The size of the paw prints dissuaded him from going after the beast with only a belt knife to defend himself.

He was unwilling to dethrone the old emperor, and dissuaded the immediate march on Constantinople.

The kid had dissuaded him, stood her ground - and Hunter changed his mind.

It was Gini who took him through into the airport caf6, plied him with more coffee, and dissuaded him.

The instant he realized she would still not be dissuaded, even if it meant ending their affair, he had been caught up in a hideous spiral of pain and anger and incomprehension and doubt.

So I would have gotten rid of you, and when I was dissuaded from doing so by my son, I decided to indulge in a little harassment campaign.

I remember his being dissuaded by some of his friends from the undertaking, as not likely to succeed, one newspaper being, in their judgment, enough for America.

Osborne dissuaded him, assur'd him he had no genius for poetry, and advis'd him to think of nothing beyond the business he was bred to.

Denham, with whom I often spent an hour when I had leisure, he dissuaded me from it, advising me to think only of returning to Pennsilvania, which he was now about to do.

He dissuaded me from returning to my native country, which I began to think of.

She had cast herself as a movie consumptive, and would not be dissuaded from the role by mere medical opinion.

He started to struggle with the door handle, fully ready to pitch himself out, but the dust storm on their tail dissuaded him.