persuasory

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adjective

Persuasive.

OriginLatin persuasorius →
First used 16th c.Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectivepersuasory (comparative more persuasory, superlative most persuasory)

comparative more persuasory · superlative most persuasory

  1. Persuasive.First known use 16th c.

    This, as my mother was pleased to tell me, being the last persuasory effort that is to be attempted, I will be as particular in the account of it as my head and my heart will allow me to be.

    1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinpersuādēre“to persuade”
  2. Latinpersuasorius
  3. Englishpersuasory

From post-classical Latin persuasorius, from the participle stem of Latin persuādēre (“to persuade”).

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APA

persuasory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/persuasory

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Chicago

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