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mispersuade

mispersuade verb: to persuade wrongly; to persuade into doing something wrong.

Verb

mispersuade (third-person singular simple present mispersuades, present participle mispersuading, simple past and past participle mispersuaded)

  1. (transitive) To persuade wrongly; to persuade into doing something wrong

Forms of mispersuade

third-person singular presentmispersuades
present participlemispersuading
past participlemispersuaded
pastmispersuaded

Origin of mispersuade

From mis- + persuade.

Questions about mispersuade

What does mispersuade mean?
Mispersuade means to persuade wrongly; to persuade into doing something wrong.
What part of speech is mispersuade?
Mispersuade is a verb.
What is the past tense of mispersuade?
The past tense of mispersuade is mispersuaded.

Words near mispersuade in the dictionary

  1. mispers
  2. misperson
  3. mispersoned
  4. mispersoning
  5. mispersons
  6. mispersuade
  7. mispersuaded
  8. mispersuades
  9. mispersuading
  10. mispersuasion
  11. mispersuasions

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