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persuading

persuading is the present participle and gerund of persuade.

Meaning of persuade

Verb

persuade (third-person singular simple present persuades, present participle persuading, simple past and past participle persuaded)

  1. (transitive) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence.
    • That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion.
    Synonyms:
    convince, draw, coax, wheedle
    Antonyms:
    deter, dissuade
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To convince of by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe (something).
    • But beloued, wee are perswaded better things of you, and things that accompany saluation, though we thus speake.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 6:9
  3. (archaic, regional, transitive) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).
    • […] and hearken not vnto Hezekiah, when hee perswadeth you, saying, The Lord will deliuer vs.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 18:32

Adjective

persuading (comparative more persuading, superlative most persuading)

  1. persuasive

Noun

persuading (plural persuadings)

  1. An act of persuasion.
    • And, as I know from what you have now found upon your own souls, since he came amongst you, while under the preachings and persuadings of such a singularly serious Gospel minister, you will be restlessly solicitous till he be settled[…]1833, William Steven, The history of the Scottish church, Rotterdam, page 63

Forms of persuading

Adjective
comparativemore persuading
superlativemost persuading
Noun
pluralpersuadings

Words formed from persuading

Questions about persuading

What does persuading mean?
Persuading means persuasive.
What is persuading the present participle and gerund of?
Persuading is the present participle and gerund of persuade.
What part of speech is persuading?
Persuading can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near persuading in the dictionary

  1. persuader
  2. persuaders
  3. persuades
  4. persuadest
  5. persuadeth
  6. persuading
  7. persuadingly
  8. persuadings
  9. persual
  10. persuasibilities
  11. persuasibility

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