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dissuade (v.)
1510s, from Middle French
dissuader
and directly from Latin
dissuadere
"to advise against, oppose by argument," from
dis-
"off, against" (see
dis-
) +
suadere
"to urge" (see
suasion
). Related:
Dissuaded
;
dissuading
.
