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
Motel-Yiddish
Mykhail-Ukrainian
GeffreyJEF-reeEnglish (Rare)
Marcos['ma:kəus]
Ryoṙyo:Japanese
Tijana-Serbian, Croatian