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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Longer-term coverage beyond that point will depend upon whether Medicare persuades insurers to participate—a prospect these companies have already balked at once.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
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
I would need to see something that would persuades me that, yes, that's OK now, that will be OK.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
When you paint with that ink it may physically be black but it suggests to your eye and persuades your seeing that it is all the colors in the world.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
