perˈsuasory, a. Now rare or Obs.
[ad. med. or mod.L. persuāsōri-us (f. L. persuāsor persuader: see -ory2), whence also F. persuasoire (Ch. Estienne Dict. 1552).]
= persuasive a.
| 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 431 margin, In this his persuasorie speach, he giueth a testimonie of the..affection which he did beare to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge. 1608–11 Bp. Hall Epist. v. i, Their very silence is perswasorie. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iv. v. 188 But neither is this [conceit] perswasory. 1748 Richardson Clarissa (1811) I. xx. 142 The last persuasory effort that is to be attempted. 1838 Sir H. Taylor Autobiog. I. xv. 247 The persuasory and recommendatory process may appear more conciliatory. |