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Definition
persuade someone not to do something
- But I resisted all his solicitations and succeeded in dissuading him from his announced intention of walking home with me.Chapter 11 — The Man on the Tor (77% in)
- And then after you had sent the letter he dissuaded you from keeping the appointment?Chapter 13 — Fixing the Nets (88% in)
There are no more uses of "dissuade" in The Hound of the Baskervilles.
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