Dictionary
per•suade
Pronunciation: (pur-swād'), [key]—
v.t., -suad•ed, -suad•ing.
1. to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging:
We could not persuade him to wait.
2. to induce to believe by appealing to reason or understanding; convince:
to persuade the judge of the prisoner's innocence. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.