ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Perswasion

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Perswasion is a noun meaning Obsolete form of persuasion.

Meaning

Obsolete form of persuasion.

Example Sentences

Places of perswasion and disswasion
The ſixt thing that uſeth to ſtay and hinder men from mature Reſolution, Which is the deceitfull hope and perſwaſion to do it better, or with more eaſe afterward.
Being fully satisfyed on this head, I make a third set of experiments, in order to know, whether any thing be requisite, beside the customary transition, towards the production of this phaenomenon of belief. I therefore change the first impression into an idea; and observe, that though the customary transition to the correlative idea still remains, yet there is in reality no belief nor perswasion.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include persuasion, persuading, suasion, prepersuasion, convincing, purposing.

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