persuade

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

per·suade (pər-swādʹ)tr.v. per·suad·ed, per·suad·ing, per·suades
To induce to undertake a course of action or embrace a point of view by means of argument, reasoning, or entreaty: “to make children fit to live in a society by persuading them to learn and accept its codes” (Alan W. Watts). See Usage Note at convince. [Latin persuādēre: per-, per- + suādēre, to urge; See swād- in Indo-European Roots.] per·suadʹa·ble adj.per·suadʹer n. 
Synonyms: persuade, induce, prevail, convince
These verbs mean to succeed in causing a person to do or consent to something. Persuade means to win someone over, as by reasoning or personal forcefulness: Nothing could persuade her to change her mind. To induce is to lead, as to a course of action, by means of influence or persuasion: “Pray what could induce him to commit so rash an action?” (Oliver Goldsmith). One prevails on somebody who resists: “He had prevailed upon the king to spare them” (Daniel Defoe). To convince is to persuade by the use of argument or evidence: The sales clerk convinced me that the car was worth the price.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  carry, sway
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  dissuade, deter