Persuasive

Chamber's Etymological of the English Language · 1895 · p. 384
per-swa's iv, adj. having the power to — persuade'- influencing the mind or pa ions adv Persuasively. Persuasivene — Pert, pert, adj forward saucy impertinent adv Pert'ly.-- n Pert ne [A form of Perk.] Pertain, per-tSn', v to belong. relate to, [0 Fr. partem — L. pertmeo—per thoroughly, and ieneo, to hold.] Pertinacious, p6r-ti-na's hus, adj thoroughly tenacious holding obstinately to an opinion or purpose obstinate, —adv Pertina ciously -n. Pertina'ciouBne . (Fr — L pertmax, -m/c —per, thoroughly, and lenax, tenacious ieneo, to hold.] Pertinacity, per-ti-nas'i-ti, u quality of being pertinacious or un>ieldtng: obstinacy. Pertinence, per'ti-nens, Pertinency, j»er'ti-nen-si n. state of being pertinent uppositene fitne .
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