persuasive

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/

Definition of persuasive

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Able to persuade; convincing.
    “But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons.”
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adj

  1. Able to persuade; convincing.
    “But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons.”

noun

  1. That which persuades; incitement.
    “He smiled a very knowing smile, and setting up a halloo, and shaking his leathern thong, away we went at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour. I had no occasion to go further with my persuasives; the pace was kept up, […]”

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Etymology

From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus.

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