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dissuasives

dissuasives is the plural of dissuasive.

Meaning of dissuasive

Noun

dissuasive (plural dissuasives)

  1. That which dissuades; a disincentive.
    • Among other particulars which constituted the unfitness of things in Mr Square's opinion, danger and difficulty were two. The difficulty therefore which he apprehended there might be in corrupting this young wench, and the danger which would accrue to his character on the discovery, were such...1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC

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Questions about dissuasives

What is dissuasives the plural of?
Dissuasives is the plural of dissuasive.

Words near dissuasives in the dictionary

  1. dissuasionary
  2. dissuasions
  3. dissuasive
  4. dissuasively
  5. dissuasiveness
  6. dissuasives
  7. dissuasory
  8. dissunder
  9. dissundered
  10. dissundering
  11. dissunders

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