dissuade
verb /dɪˈsweɪd/
/dɪˈsweɪd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dissuade | /dɪˈsweɪd/ /dɪˈsweɪd/ |
| he / she / it dissuades | /dɪˈsweɪdz/ /dɪˈsweɪdz/ |
| past simple dissuaded | /dɪˈsweɪdɪd/ /dɪˈsweɪdɪd/ |
| past participle dissuaded | /dɪˈsweɪdɪd/ /dɪˈsweɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form dissuading | /dɪˈsweɪdɪŋ/ /dɪˈsweɪdɪŋ/ |
- dissuade somebody (from something/from doing something) to persuade somebody not to do something
- I tried to dissuade him from giving up his job.
- They were going to set off in the fog, but were dissuaded.
- She made no attempt to dissuade him.
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘advise against’): from Latin dissuadere, from dis- (expressing reversal) + suadere ‘advise, persuade’.