suasory, a. and n. Now rare.
(ˈsweɪsərɪ)
Also 7 swas-.
[ad. L. suāsōri-us, f. suās-, ppl. stem: see suasible and -ory. Cf. obs. F. suasoire.]
A. adj. Tending to persuade; persuasive.
| 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. A j, Of Epistles, some be demonstratiue, some suasorie. 1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. (1647) 124 The most noble kinde of working, a mans conversion..is performed by swasory motives or advice. 1690 C. Nesse Hist. & Myst. O. & N. Test. I. 316 Using other suasory arguments. 1826 H. N. Coleridge Six Months W. Ind. (1832) 145 A singularly eloquent preacher in the pathetic and suasory style. 1853 Whewell Grotius II. 378 Some are justificatory or justifying, some suasory or impelling. |
† B. n. = suasive n.
| 1625 Debates Ho. Commons (Camden) 158 Drawing his swasorie from the answear in religion. 1654 Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. i. 171 The Curate..had the happinesse to..have the advantage of her eare to convey his Consolatories, Suasories,..and the like fragments of his profession. |
b. (See suasive n. b.)
| a 1656 Ussher Ann. (1658) 694 The first Suasory of M. Seneca. |
Hence ˈsuasoriness rare—0.
| 1727 Bailey vol. II, Suasoriness, aptness to persuade. |