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Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; as, persuasive eloquence. "Persuasive words." Milton.

Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion. Eloquence is speaking out . . . out of the abundance of the heart. Hare.

Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive. Shak.

Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive. Shak.

Leading or drawing; persuasive; tempting; -- usually followed by to. A brutish vice, Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve. Milton.

Not eloquent; not fluent, graceful, or pathetic; not persuasive; as, ineloquent language. Nor are thy lips ungraceful, sire of men, Nor tongue ineloquent. Milton.

Hortatory; encouraging; persuasive. [R.] F. Potter.

Persuasive. [Obs.] Bale. -- Per*sua"si*ble*ness, n. -- Per*sua"si*bly, adv.

The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness. Is 't possible that my deserts to you Can lack persuasion Shak.

Persuasive. Sir T. Browne.

Having superior force or influence; efficacious; persuasive. Shak. Saints shall assist thee with prevailing prayers. Rowe.

Adapted to persuade; hortatory; persuasive. [Obs.] Bp. Ward.

Attractive; persuasive. J. Morley.

pprehension; judgment. [Obs.] Chaucer. Nothing more clear unto their seeming. Hooker. His persuasive words, impregned With reason, to her seeming. Milton.

Having power to persuade; persuasive; suasory. South. "Genial and suasive satire." Earle. -- Sua"sive*ly, adv.

In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness. Shak.