persuader

English

Etymology

persuade +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈsweɪdə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɚˈsweɪdɚ/

Noun

persuader (plural persuaders)

1. One who, or that which, persuades.
   • 1620, Giovanni Bocaccio, translated by John Florio, The Decameron, Containing an Hundred Pleaſant Nouels: Wittily Diſcourſed, Betweene Seuen Honourable Ladies, and Three Noble Gentlemen‎^[1], Isaac Iaggard, Nouell 8, The Eighth Day:

     […] purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment.

2. (printing, historical, colloquial) A tool used to pack the type into the form.
   • 1898, John Southward, Modern Printing: A Handbook of the Principles and Practice of Typography and the Auxiliary Arts:

     Next fit the quoins, using the “persuader” to squeeze in the pages, and tap up all around.

3. (television) An electrode that directs electrons into a multiplier.
   • 1953, Stanley William Amos, D. C. Birkinshaw, Television Engineering, Principles and Practice, page 108:

     These electrons are guided to the second dynode by the resultant electric field of this dynode and the persuader.

4. (slang) A spur (for riding a horse).
   • The Sportsman (volume 5, page 30)

     He had very long legs, which he carried far back, and made most liberal use of his persuaders, so that what with his weight, and what with his style of riding, his horses were far from enjoying a sinecure.

   • 1845, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 12, page 646:

     The Squire laboured under a similar difficulty, and his persuaders were as busily at play as Jacob's. When, however, the horses had caught their second wind, they mended the places of their riders, and carried them closer to the flying chase.

Anagrams

• predauers

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French persuader, from Latin persuādeō (“to persuade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.sɥa.de/
• Homophones: persuadai, persuadé, persuadée, persuadées, persuadés, persuadez

• Audio:

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Verb

persuader

1. to persuade

Conjugation

Conjugation of persuader (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	persuader
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	persuadant /pɛʁ.sɥa.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		persuadé /pɛʁ.sɥa.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	persuade /pɛʁ.sɥad/	persuades /pɛʁ.sɥad/	persuade /pɛʁ.sɥad/	persuadons /pɛʁ.sɥa.dɔ̃/	persuadez /pɛʁ.sɥa.de/	persuadent /pɛʁ.sɥad/
	imperfect	persuadais /pɛʁ.sɥa.dɛ/	persuadais /pɛʁ.sɥa.dɛ/	persuadait /pɛʁ.sɥa.dɛ/	persuadions /pɛʁ.sɥa.djɔ̃/	persuadiez /pɛʁ.sɥa.dje/	persuadaient /pɛʁ.sɥa.dɛ/
	past historic2	persuadai /pɛʁ.sɥa.de/	persuadas /pɛʁ.sɥa.da/	persuada /pɛʁ.sɥa.da/	persuadâmes /pɛʁ.sɥa.dam/	persuadâtes /pɛʁ.sɥa.dat/	persuadèrent /pɛʁ.sɥa.dɛʁ/
	future	persuaderai /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁe/	persuaderas /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁa/	persuadera /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁa/	persuaderons /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁɔ̃/	persuaderez /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁe/	persuaderont /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	persuaderais /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁɛ/	persuaderais /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁɛ/	persuaderait /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁɛ/	persuaderions /pɛʁ.sɥa.də.ʁjɔ̃/	persuaderiez /pɛʁ.sɥa.də.ʁje/	persuaderaient /pɛʁ.sɥa.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	persuade /pɛʁ.sɥad/	persuades /pɛʁ.sɥad/	persuade /pɛʁ.sɥad/	persuadions /pɛʁ.sɥa.djɔ̃/	persuadiez /pɛʁ.sɥa.dje/	persuadent /pɛʁ.sɥad/
	imperfect2	persuadasse /pɛʁ.sɥa.das/	persuadasses /pɛʁ.sɥa.das/	persuadât /pɛʁ.sɥa.da/	persuadassions /pɛʁ.sɥa.da.sjɔ̃/	persuadassiez /pɛʁ.sɥa.da.sje/	persuadassent /pɛʁ.sɥa.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	persuade /pɛʁ.sɥad/	—	persuadons /pɛʁ.sɥa.dɔ̃/	persuadez /pɛʁ.sɥa.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• persuadé
• persuasif
• persuasion

Further reading

• “persuader”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• dépureras

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin persuādeō (“I persuade”).

Verb

persuader

1. to persuade

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of persuader

infinitive	simple	persuader
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	persuadant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		persuadé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	persuade	persuades	persuade	persuadons	persuadez	persuadent
	imperfect	persuadois, persuadoys	persuadois, persuadoys	persuadoit, persuadoyt	persuadions, persuadyons	persuadiez, persuadyez	persuadoient, persuadoyent
	past historic	persuada	persuadas	persuada	persuadasmes	persuadastes	persuaderent
	future	persuaderai, persuaderay	persuaderas	persuadera	persuaderons	persuaderez	persuaderont
	conditional	persuaderois, persuaderoys	persuaderois, persuaderoys	persuaderoit, persuaderoyt	persuaderions, persuaderyons	persuaderiez, persuaderyez	persuaderoient, persuaderoyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	persuade	persuades	persuade	persuadons	persuadez	persuadent
	imperfect	persuadasse	persuadasses	persuadast	persuadassions	persuadassiez	persuadassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	persuade	—	persuadons	persuadez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Related terms

• persuasion

Descendants

• French: persuader