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persuade

 
 
/pəˈsweɪd/ verb [T]

Translation

to make someone agree to do something by talking to them a lot about it
ikna etmek, razı etmek, inandırmak
[+ to do sth] We managed to persuade him to come with us. [+ (that)] I persuaded her that it was the right thing to do. → Opposite dissuade1160
(Definition of persuade verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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