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overpersuades

overpersuades is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overpersuade.

Meaning of overpersuade

Verb

overpersuade (third-person singular simple present overpersuades, present participle overpersuading, simple past and past participle overpersuaded)

  1. To win someone over through persuasion; to convince (someone) to do something against their own judgement or wishes.
    • Opportunitie casting him into the company of foure French Gallants well attended [...]; over-perswaded him to goe with them into France, to the Dutchesse of Mercury, from whom they should not only have meanes, but also Letter of favour to her noble Duke [...].1630, John Smith, True Travels, Kupperman, published 1988, page 36

Questions about overpersuades

What is overpersuades the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overpersuades is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overpersuade.

Words near overpersuades in the dictionary

  1. overpersonalized
  2. overpersonalizes
  3. overpersonalizing
  4. overpersuade
  5. overpersuaded
  6. overpersuades
  7. overpersuading
  8. overpersuasion
  9. overpersuasions
  10. overpert
  11. overpessimism

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