Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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persuade

/pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/ verb

Forms persuades persuading persuaded perswade

  1. verb (transitive) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. “That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion.”
  2. verb (transitive, obsolete) To convince of by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe (something).
  3. verb (transitive, now rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).

Synonyms

convince draw coax wheedle argue get sway talk into bring round convict gain over pimp prevail upon procure push suade talk around talk over wash with win over carry

Antonyms

deter dissuade mispersuade unconvince unpersuade

Etymology

From Latin persuādeō (“to persuade”). Cognate to for, sweet.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.
  2. verb To try to influence. [Obsolescent]
  3. verb To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion. Shak.
  4. noun Persuasion. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Etymology [L. persuadere, persuasum; per + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. persuader. See Per-, and Suasion.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “persuade”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “persuade” (best matches first).