persuasion (uasw), perswasion

(Fr. persuasion, from Latin persuasionem, acc. of per suasio a persuading, from persuasus, pa. par. of persuadeo =to persuade (q. v.); Sp. persuasion; Ital. persuasione.] 1. The act of persuading; the act of influencing or pleading with any one by appealing to their feelings or imagination, or by reasoning or arguments; advice. 2. The power or quality of persuading; persuasible ne . "Is't po ible that my deserts to you can lack persua sion ?" Shakesp.: Twelfth Night , iii. 4. 3. The inducement presented for a belief or course of action; a persuasive. "A sufficient persuasion to all that the prince was murdered."- Hist . of Parismus , i. 42. 4. The quality or state of being persuaded. "Conviction denotes the beginning, and persuasion the continuance of a ent." -Tucker: Light of Nature, i. 136. 5. That of which one is persuaded or convinced; a settled or firm belief or conviction. "My firm persuasion is, at least sometimes, That Heaven will weigh man's virtues and his crimes." Cowper: Hope, 365. 6. A creed or belief; a party belonging or adhering to a certain creed or system of opinions. "He was of the Hebrew persuasion." -A. Trollope: Orley Farm , ch. xiii. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, persuasive