persuade

Definition

  • verb: to cause (someone) to do something by asking, arguing, or giving reasons
  • verb: to move by argument, entreaty, or expostulation to a belief, position, or course of action
  • synonyms: entice, induce, prevail on

Examples

  • He would not let himself be 'persuaded' into buying the more expensive stereo.

  • He 'persuaded' himself that he had made the right choice.

  • He 'persuaded' his friend to go back to school.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) into the old goat. He won't listen, but his men might. Not everybody wants to die for someone else's home. I need your word. If I persuade him to abandon the castle, you'll grant a safe passage north. You have my word. You have until nightfall. (sighs) (..)
    2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: No One Season: 6 Episode 8
  • (..) Ride south again with your mission complete and your army intact. What do you propose? Allow me to enter Riverrun under a flag of truce. Let me try to persuade the Blackfish to give up the castle. Why would he abandon his ancestral home? Because you'll allow him to lead (..)
    2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: No One Season: 6 Episode 8