dissuade
IPA: dɪswˈeɪd
verb
- (transitive) To convince not to try or do.
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Examples of "dissuade" in Sentences
- His guardian continued to dissuade and expostulate.
- He dissuades the others from resorting to violence.
- The rule is used to dissuade users from edit warring.
- Certainly nothing in the article here serves to dissuade.
- The others could possibly be attempts to dissuade participation.
- Cochran wanted to cut the piece and had to be dissuaded by Coward.
- The purpose of user warnings is to guide testers and dissuade bad faith.
- In the colonies, masters tried to dissuade the practice of tribal customs.
- The Maya probably planted thorn bushes at the bottom to dissuade intruders.
- He was unable, however, to dissuade the latter from his policy of repression.
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