<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.</li><li>Synonyms: impel, entice, move, influence, urge.</li><li>Antonyms: dissuade.</li><li>to induce to believe by appealing to reason or understanding; convince: to persuade the judge of the prisoner's innocence.</li></ul>