suasive

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsweɪsɪv/, /ˈsweɪzɪv/

Adjective

suasive (comparative more suasive, superlative most suasive)

  1. (archaic or eye dialect) Having power to persuade; persuasive.
    • 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:
      genial and suasive satire
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
      It had the passions in perfect subjection; and though its command over them was but suasive and political, yet it had the force of coaction, and despotical.

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