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dissuade
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
dissuade
(verb)
dissuade
/dɪ
ˈ
sweɪd/
verb
dissuades
;
dissuaded
;
dissuading
dissuade
/dɪ
ˈ
sweɪd/
verb
dissuades
;
dissuaded
;
dissuading
Britannica Dictionary definition of DISSUADE
[
+ object
]
:
to convince (someone) not to do something
Our warnings did not
dissuade
them.
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from
He tried to
dissuade
them
from
going.
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