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per-suādeō suāsī, suāsus, ēre,

to convince, persuade: homo factus ad persuadendum: hoc persuadere, non interire animas, Cs.: velim tibi ita persuadeas, me, etc.: de paupertate: hoc tibi vere, H.: si scit et persuasus est, quid irascitur, Caec. ap. C.: quo (malo) viso atque persuaso, when one has seen it and been convinced of it: mihi persuaderi numquam potuit, animos . . . vivere, etc. —To prompt, induce, prevail upon, persuade: persuasit nox, amor, adulescentia, T.: huic praemiis persuadet, uti, etc., Cs.: huic Albinus persuadet, regnum ab senatu petat, S.: tibi Tellurem movere, V.: ei tyrannidis finem facere, N.: his persuaderi, ut . . . non poterat, Cs.: ea loca provinciae adiungere sibi persuasum habebant, Cs.: persuasus ille fecit, quod, etc., Ph.

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