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   dissuade

   /dɪˈsweɪd/

   verb

   • 1. persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action: "his friends tried to dissuade him from flying"

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘advise against’): from Latin dissuadere, from dis- (expressing reversal) + suadere ‘advise, persuade’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dissuader noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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