Dis*suade" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissuaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissuading.] [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See Suasion.]
1.
To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course).
[Obsolescent]
Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter.
Goldsmith.
War, therefore, open or concealed, alike
My voice dissuades.
Milton.
2.
To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose.
I have tried what is possible to dissuade him.
Mad. D' Arblay.
© Webster 1913.