To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
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Its president, Lawrence Yule, said councils would try and persuade the Government.
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We were together in trying to persuade Tony Blair to change course.
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To persuade the Americans to help us more in the war effort.
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Providing, of course, she could persuade the sheikh to let her go.
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Manufacturers said they still hoped to persuade Microsoft to reduce licence fees.
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Cyberview hopes to persuade state regulators to allow skill-based payouts by 2009.
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Can the EU persuade the UK to change its mind on Brexit?
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Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; 2 Cor.
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But the party is struggling to persuade a bedrock constituency: African Americans.
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I hope that I will persuade you to stay here even longer.
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It's important to persuade people that this is a truly independent view.
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It might be possible to persuade Roosevelt to come out of retirement.
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I wonder if I could persuade her to come home with me?
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The local authority has then to persuade the Minister for the Environment.
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Yet Gaborn hoped that he could persuade Lowicker to see the truth.
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Yet she allowed Alice to persuade her not to start at once.
