Persuade

1. To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion.
2. To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe.
3. To try to influence.
4. To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.
5. To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend.
6. Persuasion.