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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
admonish, advise, caution, counsel, cry out against, daunt, derail, deter, discourage, divert, exhort, expostulate, frighten off, intimidate, kid out of, prick, remonstrate, talk out of, throw off, unpersuade, urge, warn
Dictionary Results for dissuade:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
dissuade
    v 1: turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will
         only dissuade people" [syn: dissuade, deter] [ant:
         persuade]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dissuade \Dis*suade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissuaded; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Dissuading.] [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- +
   suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See
   Suasion.]
   1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from
      a course). [Obsolescent]
      [1913 Webster]

            Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with
            great ardor: and I stood neuter.      --Goldsmith.
      [1913 Webster]

            War, therefore, open or concealed, alike
            My voice dissuades.                   --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons
      or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him
      from his purpose.
      [1913 Webster]

            I have tried what is possible to dissuade him.
                                                  --Mad. D'
                                                  Arblay.
      [1913 Webster]
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