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English
Etymology
From over- + persuade.
Pronunciation
Verb
overpersuade (third-person singular simple present overpersuades, present participle overpersuading, simple past and past participle overpersuaded)
- To win someone over through persuasion; to convince (someone) to do something against their own judgement or wishes.
1630, John Smith, True Travels, Kupperman, published 1988, page 36:Opportunitie casting him into the company of foure French Gallants well attended [...]; over-perswaded him to goe with them into France, to the Dutchesse of Mercury, from whom they should not only have meanes, but also Letter of favour to her noble Duke [...].
1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 62:‘And I let him overpersuade me. He was right, really.’