| 1. persuade
1) to persuade, i.e. to induce one by words to believe 2) to make friends of, to win one's favour, gain one's good will, or to seek to win one, strive to please one 3) to tranquillise 4) to persuade unto i.e. move or induce one to persuasion to do something 2. be persuaded 1) to be persuaded, to suffer one's self to be persuaded; to be induced to believe: to have faith: in a thing 2a1. to believe 2a2. to be persuaded of a thing concerning a person 2) to listen to, obey, yield to, comply with 3. to trust, have confidence, be confident |