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dissuade
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[dɪˈsweɪd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action
(e.g: his friends tried to dissuade him from flying)
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Origin
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late 15th century (in the sense ‘advise against’): from Latin dissuadere, from dis- (expressing reversal) + suadere ‘advise, persuade’
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