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persuasive |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Persuasive \Per*sua"sive\, n. That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an exhortation. -- {Per*sua"sive*ly}, adv -- {Per*sua"sive*ness}, n. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Persuasive \Per*sua"sive\, a. [Cf. F. persuasif.] Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; as persuasive eloquence. ``Persuasive words.'' --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: persuasive adj 1: tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief; "persuasive eloquence"; "a most persuasive speaker" [ant: {dissuasive}] 2: capable of convincing; "a persuasive argument"
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