Defn: To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion. Shak.
PERSUADE
Per*suade", n.
Defn: Persuasion. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
PERSUADED
Per*suad"ed, p. p. & a.
Defn: Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced.
— Per*suad"ed*ly, adv.
— Per*suad"ed*ness, n.
PERSUADER
Per*suad"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, persuades or influences. "Powerful persuaders." Milton.
PERSUASIBILITY
Per*sua`si*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: Capability of being persuaded. Hawthorne.
PERSUASIBLE Per*sua"si*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. L. persuasibilis persuasive, F. persuasible persuasible.]