persuaded
- 1Simple past and past participle of persuade.
The lawyer persuaded the jury that her client was innocent.
Voters were persuaded by the candidate's promises of reform.
Note
One spelling does double duty here: the simple past (she persuaded them) and the participle of perfect and passive clauses (they had been persuaded). In current use it reports success, meaning the other person actually came round. An older use, now archaic and regional, meant only urging or pleading, so someone could be persuaded and still refuse. In modern English that outcome needs tried to persuade instead.
persuaded is a form of persuade
persuade, verb: To get someone, through reasoning and verbal influence, to agree to, accept, or do something. Full entry
- Forms
- persuadepersuades he/she/itpersuading -ing formpersuaded past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- persuade → persuaded: add -d
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