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Definition of Persuading
1. persuade [v] - See also: persuade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Persuading
Literary usage of Persuading
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"At first Gloucester contented himself with persuading Mortimer not to go into
exile, but Gloucester soon retired to the west, where he concluded a fresh ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The way to Rams was now practically open, but the Maid had the greatest difficulty
in persuading the commanders not to retire before Troyes, ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"... to add also illustration to the one and enforcement to the other, sometimes
persuading, sometimes terrifying ; and accordingly addressing himself to the ..."
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