dissuade
verbUK, US /dɪˈsweɪd/
Etymology From Middle French dissuader, from Latin dissuādeō (“to urge differently”, “to advise against”, “to dissuade”), from dis- (“away from”, “asunder”) + suādeō (“to recommend”, “to advise”, “to urge”).
1
To convince not to try or do.
- Jane dissuaded Martha from committing suicide.
- Synonyms
- unsell
- Antonyms
- persuade
- Derived terms
- dissuadable, undissuaded
- Related terms
- dissuasion, dissuasive, dissuasory, disabuse