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dissuade

/dɪsˈweɪd/dih-SWAYD
/dɪsˈweɪd/dih-SWAYD

Meaningto advise against

Common meaning: to talk someone out of something

‘apart, away’ + ‘to advise, urge’ → dissuade

Journey through time

  1. Latinsuādeō, suāsum‘to advise, urge’
  2. Old Frenchdissuadersource
  3. Englishdissuade‘to talk someone out of something’ · today

dis- also in: disarmdiscerndiscorddisdaindisgust

suad also in: persuadepersuasion

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin suādeō ‘to advise, urge’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry suādeō, p. 1770 · dictionary scan

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Related words

persuadepersuasion

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