verb
dissuade
dih-SWAYD
verb
1
To persuade someone not to do something.
"Her friends tried to dissuade her from quitting her job."
"Nothing could dissuade him from taking the risk."
How to Use Dissuade
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo talk someone out of doing something.
Common mistake
Dissuade is followed by "from," not "to": "dissuade him from going," not "dissuade him to go."
Easily confused with
Common pairings
dissuade someone from
try to dissuade
Word Forms
dissuaded past tense, dissuades singular
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Etymology
From Latin dissuadere, "to advise against," from dis- ("against") + suadere ("to urge, advise").