persuadable ness (u asw)

[Eng.persuadable; -ne .] The quality or state of being persuad. able; a compliant disposition. "Showing her persuadable ne ."-Mi Austen: Mans field Park , ch. xxviii. per-suād-a-bly (u as w), adv. [Eng. persuadab(le); -ly.] In a persuadable manner; so as to be persuaded. per-suāde (u as w), *per-swade, v . t . & i. [Fr. persuader, from Lat. persuadeo to advise thor oughly, to persuade: per =thoroughly, and suadeo = to recommend; Sp. persuadir ; Ital. persuadere .] A. Transitive : *I. Of things: 1. To commend (as an opinion or statement) to reception; to urge as true; to accredit. "Disputing and persuading the things concerning the Kingdom of God."- Acts xix. 8. 2. To commend (as an action, line of conduct, .) to adoption; to recommend, to advise, to advocate. B. Intransitive : persuasion 1. To use persuasion; to reason or plead in favor of anything. "Well she can persuade." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure, v. 1. *It was formerly followed by with . "Twenty merchants him." have all persuaded with Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice, iii. 2. *2. To prevail; to have influence or weight. "This style most persuades with them." - Letter in Rush worth, Hist . Coll ., i. 10. *per-suāde (u as w), s. [PERSUADE, v.] An appeal to the feelings or interests; a persuasion or persuading. "Won by thy persuades." -Soliman and Perseda, iv. per-suad-ed (u as w), pa. par . or adj. [PER SUADE, v .] per-suād-ed-lý (u as w), adv . [English per suaded; -ly .] In a persuaded manner; a uredly. "He's our own, surely, nay, most persuadedly."-Ford. per-suād-ed-ne (u as w), subst . [Eng. persuaded; -ne .] The state of being persuaded; a feeling of certainty. "From a persuaded ne that nothing can be a greater happine ."-R. Boyle: Seraphic Love, 8. per-suād-er (uas w), s. [Eng. persuad (e); -er.] 1. One who or that which persuades. "Hunger and thirst at once, Powerful persuaders , quicken'd at the scent." Milton: P. L. , ix. 587. 2. ( Pl .): A slang term for spurs or pistols. ""All right,' replied Toby. 'The persuaders ?'"Dickens: Oliver Twist , ch. xxii. *per-suāşe' (uasw), s. [Lat. persuasus , pa. par. of persuadeo to persuade (q. v.).] A persuading, a persuasion. "What say you unto my persuase ?"-Two Angry Women, in Dodsley , vii. 376. †per-sua-şi-bil'-i-ty (u as w), s. [Eng. persuas ible ; -ity.] Capability of being persuaded; persuasible ne . "Persuasibility, or the act of being persuaded, is a work of men's own." -Hallywell : Saving of Souls , p. 39. †per-suāş'-I-ble (u as w), a. [Fr., from Lat. persuasibilis , from persuasus , pa. par. of persuadeo to persuade (q. v.); Ital. persuasibile .] 1. Capable of being persuaded; open to persuasion or reasoning. "It makes us apprehend our own interest in that obedience, makes us tractible and persuasible ." -Government of the Tongue. *2. To be commended for acceptance; credible, plausible. "The latter opinion is in itself persuasible ." -Jackson: On the Creed , ix. 36. *3. Capable of persuading; having power to persuade; persuasive. "Persuasible reasons of man's wit."-Bale: Works, p. per-suāş-i-ble-ne (u as w), s. [Eng. persuas "Letters are but feeble instruments to persuade so great 390. a thing."-Newman: Church of Our Fathers , 104. 3. It was formerly followed by to or the dative of ible ; -ne .] The quality or state of being persuasi- the person advised. II. Of persons: IMG:content-0935.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To induce; to gain over (to an action or line of conduct). "Mr. Tryon might be persuaded to lodge with you."G. Eliot: Clerical Life , p. 229. 3. With from or against : To di uade. "Persuade him from any further act." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. II., v. 3. 4. With into : To gain over to an act or course. "To persuade the lady into a private marriage."- Hist . Sir W. Harrington , i. 121. 5. With out of : To win over from an opinion or belief. "We could persuade her out of these notions."- Lady Fuller ton : Ellen Middle ton , ch. xi. 6. To advise, to plead with. "Sir Hugh, persuade me not." -Shakesp.: Merry Wives of Windsor, i. 1. 7. Elliptically ; go, come, ., being suppre ed: To draw, to entice. "Persuading my clients away from me."-G. Eliot : Cler ical Life , p. 229. 8. Reflexive or pa ive : To feel a ured; to believe firmly; to be convinced. "She is persuaded I will marry her." Shakesp .: Othello , iv. 1. ble; persuasibility. IMG:content-0936.png:[blocks in formation] 2. So as to be open to persuasion.