单词 | dissuasive |
释义 | dissuasiveadj.n. A. adj. Tending to dissuade; characterized by dissuasion; dehortatory. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [adjective] > dissuasive dehorting1553 dissuasorya1575 dehortatory1576 dissuading1580 dissuasive1609 dehortative1620 retractive1635 1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. Cv If I should extract the best counsell I could, being disswasiue from your Tobacko-taking, you would take it in snuffe. 1684 in S. Hazard Pennsylvania Arch. (1882) I. 88 Examples that have such a dissuasive power upon men. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews (ed. 2) II. iii. ii. 23 The dissuasive Speech of Andromache. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. ii. i. 91 Despite all dissuasive gesticulations. B. n. A dissuasive speech or argument; that which tends or is intended to dissuade. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [noun] > dissuasion > that which retractive1616 dissuasive1629 disinvitation1655 counter-arguinga1665 dissuasory1844 dissuadent1855 dissuader1883 1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 25 This strong Disswasive of Pompeianus did..somewhat abate the edge of the young Emperour. 1664 Jer. Taylor (title) A Dissuasive from Popery, addressed to the people of Ireland. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 92. ¶5 A Dissuasive from the Play-house. 1830 J. Mackintosh Diss. Progress Ethical Philos. 58 The success of persuasives or dissuasives..must always be directly proportioned..to the strength of the principle addressed. 1894 S. Baring-Gould Kitty Alone II. 123 To look with impatience..upon all dissuasives. Derivatives diˈssuasively adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [adverb] > so as to dissuade dissuasively1864 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Dissuasively. 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady II. vi. 84 ‘Ah, really, Countess,’ murmured Madame Merle, dissuasively. diˈssuasiveness n. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Dissuasiveness, dissuasive Quality. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1609 |
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