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dissuade(dictionary)
dissuade(dictionary)

octangle (iou) and dissuade (medicine)


octangle (iou)



octangle adjective & noun.E17.
[Latin octangulus eight-angled, from OCTO- + angulus ANGLE noun3.]
A. adjective. Octagonal. Only in E17.
b. noun. An octagon. M17-E18.

dissuade (medicine)


dissuade


1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). "Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter." (Goldsmith) "War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades." (Milton)

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. "I have tried what is possible to dissuade him." (Mad. D' Arblay)

Origin: L. Dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. Dissuader. See Suasion.

Source: Websters Dictionary