Both Uses of
dissuade
in
Jane Eyre
- I neither expressed surprise at this resolution nor attempted to dissuade her from it.†
Chpt 22 *
- You would think him gentle, yet in some things he is inexorable as death; and the worst of it is, my conscience will hardly permit me to dissuade him from his severe decision: certainly, I cannot for a moment blame him for it.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(dissuade) persuade someone not to do something