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dissuade
What does dissuade mean?
dissuade (verb): turn away from by persuasion.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use dissuade in a sentence?
- How could I dissuade her from that idea? (Tatoeba sentence #9763201 by megamanenm, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce dissuade?
/dɪˈsweɪd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does dissuade come from?
From Middle French dissuader, from Latin dissuādeō (“to urge differently”, “to advise against”, “to dissuade”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of dissuade?
What are antonyms of dissuade?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “dissuade” mean?
to make prominent; emphasize
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to cancel, invalidate, annul
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turn away from by persuasion
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to mount; to move upwards on
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Which word is closest in meaning to “dissuade”?
deter
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rival
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trace
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climb
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