persuade
verb/pərˈsweɪd/
Frequency rank: #5,254 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
To make someone agree to do something by giving reasons.
Example sentence
She tried to persuade her friends to join her for dinner.
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