Dissuade

  • 21dissuade — /dɪˈsweɪd / (say di swayd) verb (t) (dissuaded, dissuading) 1. (sometimes followed by from) to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something: to dissuade him from leaving home. 2. to advise or urge against (an action, etc.). {Latin… …

  • 22dissuade — In criminal law, to advise and procure a person not to do an act. To dissuade a witness from giving evidence against a person indicted is an indictable offense at common law …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 23dissuade — In criminal law, to advise and procure a person not to do an act. To dissuade a witness from giving evidence against a person indicted is an indictable offense at common law …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 24dissuade from entering — index picket Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 25dissuade someone from — persuade someone not to take (a course of action). → dissuade …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 26dissuade — verb /dɪˈsweɪd/ To convince not to try or do. Ant: persuade …

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  • 27dissuade — Synonyms and related words: admonish, advise, caution, counsel, cry out against, daunt, derail, deter, discourage, divert, exhort, expostulate, frighten off, intimidate, kid out of, prick, remonstrate, talk out of, throw off, unpersuade, urge,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 28dissuade — see PERSUADE …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 29dissuade — dis·suade || dɪ sweɪd v. deter, discourage, persuade against …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 30dissuade — v. n. 1. Urge or exhort against, attempt to divert, urge not to. 2. Turn from a purpose, divert by persuasion, render averse, persuade not to …

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