overpersuade

[oh-ver-per-sweyd]

verb (used with object), o·ver·per·suad·ed, o·ver·per·suad·ing.

to persuade (a person) against his or her inclination or intention: By threats and taunts they had overpersuaded him to steal the car.

to win or bring over by persuasion.

Origin of overpersuade

First recorded in 1615–25; over- + persuade

Related formso·ver·per·sua·sion, noun

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Historical Examples of overpersuade

It was a spontaneous throe of the imagination, which had force to overpersuade the organs of perception.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847
Various
I am not sure that I do not now regret that I allowed my church-wardens to overpersuade me on this point.
The Altar Steps
Compton MacKenzie
And Wulfhere and I tried a little to overpersuade her, but then a groom came to say that all was ready.
A Thane of Wessex
Charles W. Whistler

British Dictionary definitions for overpersuade

overpersuade

verb

(tr) to persuade (someone) against his inclination or judgment

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