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nst; to try to persuade (one from a course). [Obsolescent] Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter. Goldsmith. War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice dissuades. Milton.

One who dissuades; a dehorter.

To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade. [Obs.] The apostles vehemently dehort us from unbelief. Bp. Ward. "Exhort" remains, but dehort, a word whose place neither "dissuade" nor any other exactly supplies, has escaped us. Trench.

Fitted or designed to dehort or dissuade. Bp. Hall.

A dissuader; an adviser to the contrary. [Obs.]

To advise against; to dissuade from. [R.] Boyle.

To dissuade. [Obs.] Spenser.

Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior. [Obs.] Chaucer. Dissuaded her from such a disparage. Spenser.

To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots. [R.] A. Brewer.

A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a dissuasive.

Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory; as, dissuasive advice. -- n.

To dissuade from by previous warning. [Obs.]

vision on its way to market, with the intention of selling it again at a higher price; to dissuade persons from bringing their goods or provisions there; or to persuade them to enhance the price when there. This was an offense at law in England until 1844. Burrill.

fantasy, estimation, and memory. Chaucer. Nares. But my five wits nor my five senses can Dissuade one foolish heart from serving thee. Shak.