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suasive en · ADJ
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(archaic, pronunciation-spelling) Having power to persuade; persuasive.
genial and suasive satire
1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:It had the passions in perfect subjection; and though its command over them was but suasive and political, yet it had the force of coaction, and despotical.
1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
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suasiveness · suasively