persuade to do



persuade someone to do something

to convince someone to do something. Are you sure I can't persuade you to have another piece of cake? Richard was easily persuaded to have another piece of his favorite cake.
See also: persuade

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
&Thorn;ÓRvÍ-Ancient Scandinavian
Daisukedah-ee-soo-keJapanese
Ugo-Italian
KaarleKAH:R-leFinnish
Andrea (2)AN-dree-ə (English), an-DRAY-ə (English), ahn-DRE-ah (German)English, German, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Cr
Zaharina-Bulgarian, Macedonian