verb (used with object), -suad·ed, -suad·ing. 1. to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
verb (used with object), -suad·ed, -suad·ing. 1. to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.