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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Adele	[ə'del]
Glorinda	glo-REEN-dah	Esperanto
Branislav	-	Serbian, Slovak, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian
Tristan	TRIS-tən (English), trees-TAWN (French)	Welsh, English, French, Arthurian Romance
Aura	AWR-ə	English
Busch	[buəʃ]