persuade
verb (used with object)
to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging.
persuades
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present tense formof persuade (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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One aspect of the dollar index being driven back up toward 100 is it persuades Hartnett that rate cuts are less likely.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 6, 2026
Kolar explained that, besides actual innocence, “disproportionality is the second most powerful” argument that persuades clemency boards and governors.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026
The question now is whether a moment like this, following MI5's intervention, persuades others to share their outlook.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025
This woman, it transpires, is fleeing an unhappy marriage; she invites herself onboard and persuades Jatgeir to run away with her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
But Vincent persuades Tersteeg to meet in the sand dunes at the north end of The Hague.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
