persuade of

persuade someone of something

to convince someone of something. Laura was unable to persuade me of the truth of her statement. We were all persuaded of the need for higher taxes.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Julia	JOO-lee-ə (English), YOO-lee-ah (German, Swedish, Danish, Finnish), HOO-lyah (Spanish), YUWL-yah (Polish), YOO-lee-yah (Russian), YOO:-lee-ah (Ancient Roman)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, An
Pru	PROO	English
Mele	-	Hawaiian
Cynefri&Eth;	-	Anglo-Saxon
Glenn	GLEN	Scottish, English
Paris (2)	PER-is (English), PAR-is (English)	Various