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.