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persuader

WordNet
The young man tries to persuade the young woman to jump through the window with him.
The young man tries to persuade the young woman to jump through the window with him.
  1. (n) persuader
    someone who tries to persuade or induce or lead on
Illustrations
Allegory of the attempts of the Orthodox Protestants to persuade King William III not to ratify the passed Law on Primary Education, August 1857. Sheet with several smaller scenes, including the kneeling Dutch Virgin in the Dutch Garden with an empty throne, King William III in the clouds, a reference to Thorbecke, and rival Protestant and Catholic clergy. At the bottom a four-line verse.
Allegory of the attempts of the Orthodox Protestants to persuade King William III not to ratify the passed Law on Primary Education, August 1857. Sheet with several smaller scenes, including the kneeling Dutch Virgin in the Dutch Garden with an empty throne, King William III in the clouds, a reference to Thorbecke, and rival Protestant and Catholic clergy. At the bottom a four-line verse.
Text sheet with a plea by the publisher Jan Schuitemaker from Purmerend. He tries to persuade wealthy fellow countrymen to invest in his print factory, so that he can expand his print series. Finally, he answers the question why he does not want to publish his prints in color. Printed on one side.
Text sheet with a plea by the publisher Jan Schuitemaker from Purmerend. He tries to persuade wealthy fellow countrymen to invest in his print factory, so that he can expand his print series. Finally, he answers the question why he does not want to publish his prints in color. Printed on one side.
A group of women tries to persuade a man to speak to a woman.
A group of women tries to persuade a man to speak to a woman.
Meeting of Grand Pensionary Jacob Cats with Prince Willem II, 1650. Willem tries to persuade Cats to sign a document.
Meeting of Grand Pensionary Jacob Cats with Prince Willem II, 1650. Willem tries to persuade Cats to sign a document.
Tityrus persuades Menalkas, his old father, to sing something to him. Numbered bottom left: 10
Tityrus persuades Menalkas, his old father, to sing something to him. Numbered bottom left: 10
Milon tries to persuade Chloe to enter his den whose entrance is surrounded by ivy. Numbered bottom right: 9.
Milon tries to persuade Chloe to enter his den whose entrance is surrounded by ivy. Numbered bottom right: 9.
Tarpeia is fetching water from outside the city walls. At the well she is persuaded by Titus Tatius to open the city gate. The print is part of an album.
Tarpeia is fetching water from outside the city walls. At the well she is persuaded by Titus Tatius to open the city gate. The print is part of an album.
King James II is persuaded by members of parliament after an initial refusal to convene a free parliament. On the left the king standing at a table, on the wall large portraits of the Pope and Louis XIV (?). Plate G in the series 'England's theater' about the Glorious Revolution and events from the preceding years 1685-1689 (first part). With captions in Dutch and French.
King James II is persuaded by members of parliament after an initial refusal to convene a free parliament. On the left the king standing at a table, on the wall large portraits of the Pope and Louis XIV (?). Plate G in the series 'England's theater' about the Glorious Revolution and events from the preceding years 1685-1689 (first part). With captions in Dutch and French.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Persuader
    One who, or that which, persuades or influences. "Powerful persuaders ."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) persuader
    One who or that which persuades, influences, or prevails upon.
Quotations
Winston Churchill
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
Winston Churchill
Business today consists in persuading crowds.
Gerald Stanley Lee
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld
If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, You Only Live Once.
Sidney J. Harris
We take greater pains to persuade others we are happy than in trying to think so ourselves.
Confucius
Everything without tells the individual that he is nothing; everything within persuades him that he is everything.
X. Doudan
Usage in the news

But who's gonna persuade Mom and Dad to enjoy (well-washed) fruits and veggies every day. herald-dispatch.com

The idea that democracy can be somehow hijacked, and people can be persuaded to withdraw from public affairs, this is the great lesson of the 20th century. nyc.org

He has done it by persuading investors he can run hospitals better than anyone else. nytimes.com

One woman wants to know how to best persuade her spouse to go downtown. elle.com

Groups striving to register Utah's minorities, persuade them to vote. standard.net

Egypt hosts summit of new quartet on Syria, hoping to persuade Iran to change stance. cbsnews.com

Michelle Obama's challenge: persuade voters not to fire her husband. csmonitor.com

Meat sale scammers persuade victims to write two checks. thenewstribune.com

Here's why self-righteousness fails to persuade . dairylandpeach.com

Here's why self-righteousness doesn't persuade . mcrecord.com

Frontpage Local candidates seek to persuade . navarrepress.com

Can This Photograph of a Himalayan Glacier Persuade People That Climate Change Is Happening. theatlantic.com

Former Florida Gov Jeb Bush is urging Republican Mitt Romney to connect to people emotionally if he hopes to persuade voters to support him. jhg.com

LOS ANGELES — Healthier eating advocates have persuaded Los Angeles leaders to endorse meatless Mondays. therepublic.com

Firefightes persuade residents to evacuate after a strong earthquake hit the area in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture. courant.com

Usage in scientific papers

A few years ago we started to persuade Kerov to write a detailed exposition of his central limit theorem.
Kerov's central limit theorem for the Plancherel measure on Young diagrams

In spite of some formal merits of such a step we are persuaded that the related “anisotropy” of both the operators Q and Θ(particular) could hardly find a natural physical foundation.
Coupled-channel version of PT-symmetric square well

Never let them persuade you that things are too difficult or impossible.
Route to Room-Temperature Superconductivity from a Practical Point of View

In practice, this estimate is good and the variance is small. 7 I do not know of any manufacturer who has been persuaded to implement it.
Uses of randomness in computation

If you can devise an experiment that will be advantageous to conduct at the station of another country, that country can generally be persuaded to support you.
Astronomy in Antarctica

Usage in literature

This must persuade her. "Clementina" by A.E.W. Mason

Besides, even if she were persuaded to go to Chateau-Thierry instead of England, do you think she would yield to the prince? "The Forty-Five Guardsmen" by Alexandre Dumas

This is the most difficult thing of all to persuade some of you. "Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates" by Plato

He was easily persuaded that he had slept too long, and must be on the road. "Whosoever Shall Offend" by F. Marion Crawford

I tried to persuade her that she wouldn't love you so much if she did know you. "The Divine Fire" by May Sinclair

In consequence of this intimation, one evening when my father was walking in the hospital, I persuaded him to call at the shop. "Poor Jack" by Frederick Marryat

It is folly to try and p-p-persuade him. "The Redemption of David Corson" by Charles Frederic Goss

He did not stop to persuade. "For the Faith" by Evelyn Everett-Green

He persuades Michael Vaz to go to Portugal. "The Works of John Dryden, Volume XVI. (of 18)" by John Dryden

But now I am a slave; first of all the very name, not being familiar, persuades me to love death. "The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I." by Euripides

Usage in poetry
The crafty Ayesha her son would persuade,
That Azima's anger in time must decay;
She knew not the truth of that resolute maid,
And she vainly hoped much from an artful delay.
"The Baya: Or The Indian Bird" by William Hayley Author object (706)
Ah, what a mighty destiny shall be yours,
Should you persuade her—
The Unconstrainable One
Who has slid out of the arms of so many lovers,
Leaving'not'a feather in their hands!
"The White Bird" by Lola Ridge Author object (443)
To think harm of her our good feelings forbid us
By whom when a babe you were dandled and fed;
Who living so many good offices did us,
I ne'er can persuade me would hurt us when dead.
"Nurse Green" by Charles Lamb Author object (102)
She would have given a world to breathe "yes" truly,
So much his life seemed hanging on her mind,
And hence she lied, her heart persuaded throughly,
'Twas worth her soul to be a moment kind.
"Her Dilemma" by Thomas Hardy Author object (646)
And barbarous, of sick and well, of happy and under torture, of
living and dead, of human and not
Human, and dimly all the human future: -what should persuade him
to speak? And what could his words change?
"Meditation On Saviors" by Robinson Jeffers Author object (579)
But reason doth me thus persuade,
Where reason wants, that nothing frames:
Therefore this reason hath me made,
To set aside all louely gaynes.
Since reason rules not Venus sport,
No reason bids me scale that forte.
"A renouncing of loue" by Humfrey Gifford