persuade
verb (used with object)
to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging.
persuadableness
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a word derived from
persuade.
Example Sentences
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She imputed to me abundance of fine qualities; but told me, that, in this case, that of persuadableness was wanting to crown all.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 by Richardson, Samuel
It might occur to him that Mr. Crawford had been sitting by her long enough, or he might mean to recommend her as a wife by shewing her persuadableness.
From Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane
