| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To cause (another) to believe or feel sure about something: assure, convince, satisfy, win over. See PERSUASION. 2. To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way: argue into, bring, bring around or (round), convince, get, induce, prevail on or (upon), sell (on), talk into. See PERSUASION.
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| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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