Verb persuade has 2 senses
  1. carry, persuade, sway - win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters"
    --1 is one way to influence, act upon, work
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  2. persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!"
    --2 is one way to
    induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
    Antonyms: dissuade, deter
    Derived forms: noun persuasion1, noun persuasion3, noun persuader1
    Sample sentence:
    They persuade him to write the letter
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