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Latin
Etymology
From dis- + suō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dissuō (present infinitive dissuere, perfect active dissuī, supine dissūtum); third conjugation
- to unstitch
- to rip open
Conjugation
References
- “dissuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dissuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- dissuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to renounce, give up a friendship: amicitiam dissuere, dissolvere, praecīdere