"dissuade" meaning in English

See dissuade in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈsweɪd/ [US, UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dissuade.wav [UK] Forms: dissuade [canonical], dissuades [third-person, singular], dissuaded [past], dissuaded [past, participle], dissuading [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|dissuad|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you dissuade someone from doing or believing something, you persuade them not to do or believe it.
    Sense id: simple-dissuade-en-verb-sSyCASeM
     
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