[dɪˈsweɪd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action
(e.g: his friends tried to dissuade him from flying)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘advise against’): from Latin dissuadere, from dis- (expressing reversal) + suadere ‘advise, persuade’