SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: DISSUADE!!!

SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY:       DISSUADE

PRONUNCIATION:

(di-SWAYD)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To convince someone not to do something.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin dissuadere (to advise against), from dis- (away) + suadere (to advise), from suavis (sweet). Ultimately from the Indo-European root swad- (sweet, pleasant), which also gave us sweet, suave, hedonism, persuade, Hindi swad (taste), suasion, and incunabulum. Earliest documented use: 1535.

USAGE: "I attempted to dissuade Sonia Gandhi but she did not relent."
K. Natwar Singh; One Life Is Not Enough; Rupa Publications; 2014.

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