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  [per-sweyd] /pərˈsweɪd/ verb (used with object), persuaded, persuading. 1. to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait. 2. to induce to believe by appealing to reason or understanding; convince: to persuade the judge of the prisoner’s innocence. /pəˈsweɪd/ verb (transitive; may take a […]

• Per-stirpes

  [pur stur-peez, per] /pɜr ˈstɜr piz, pər/ adjective, Law. 1. pertaining to or noting a method of dividing an estate in which the descendants of a deceased person share as a group in the portion of the estate to which the deceased would have been entitled. Latin, “by families, by stocks;” in legal use, for […]

• Persuade

  [per-sweyd] /pərˈsweɪd/ verb (used with object), persuaded, persuading. 1. to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait. 2. to induce to believe by appealing to reason or understanding; convince: to persuade the judge of the prisoner’s innocence. /pəˈsweɪd/ verb (transitive; may take a […]

• Persuaded

  [per-sweyd] /pərˈsweɪd/ verb (used with object), persuaded, persuading. 1. to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait. 2. to induce to believe by appealing to reason or understanding; convince: to persuade the judge of the prisoner’s innocence. /pəˈsweɪd/ verb (transitive; may take a […]

• Persuader

  [per-swey-der] /pərˈsweɪ dər/ noun 1. a person or thing that persuades: The cool lake was a most enticing persuader for those who liked to swim. 2. Slang. noun A handgun; heat (1884+)

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