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persuasory

persuasory adjective: persuasive.

Adjective

persuasory (comparative more persuasory, superlative most persuasory)

  1. Persuasive.
    • This, as my mother was pleased to tell me, being the last persuasory effort that is to be attempted, I will be as particular in the account of it as my head and my heart will allow me to be.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […]...

Forms of persuasory

comparativemore persuasory
superlativemost persuasory

Origin of persuasory

From post-classical Latin persuasorius, from the participle stem of Latin persuādēre (“to persuade”).

Questions about persuasory

What does persuasory mean?
Persuasory means persuasive.
What part of speech is persuasory?
Persuasory is an adjective.

Words near persuasory in the dictionary

  1. persuasive precedent
  2. persuasive precedents
  3. persuasively
  4. persuasiveness
  5. persuasives
  6. persuasory
  7. persubstituted
  8. persue
  9. persued
  10. persues
  11. persufflation

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