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Verb: dissuade  di'sweyd
  1. Turn away from by persuasion
    "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"
    - deter

Derived forms: dissuaded, dissuades, dissuading

See also: dissuasion, dissuasive

Type of: advise, counsel, rede [archaic]

Antonym: persuade

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