Dis‐suade″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dissuaded; p. pr. & vb. n.Dissuading.] [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See Suasion.] 1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course).
Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter. Goldsmith.
War, therefore, open or concealed, alike
My voice dissuades. Milton.
2. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; — with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose.
I have tried what is possible to dissuade him. Mad. D' Arblay.