different between activate vs persuade

English

Etymology

active +? -ate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ækt??ve?t/

Verb

activate (third-person singular simple present activates, present participle activating, simple past and past participle activated)

1. (transitive) To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate.

2. (transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.

3. (transitive, chemistry, physics) To render more reactive; excite.
4. (transitive, biology) To render a molecule reactive, active, or effective in performing its function.
5. (transitive, physics) To render a substance radioactive.
6. (transitive, chemistry) To hasten a chemical reaction, especially by heating.
7. (transitive, computing, software) To remove the limitations of demoware by providing a license; to unlock.
8. (transitive) To aerate in order to aid decomposition of organic matter.
9. (transitive, military) To organize or create a military unit or station.

10. (transitive, sports) To bring a player back after an injury.

Synonyms

• actuate
• enable
• get going
• set going
• set in motion
• set off
• spur
• start
• stimulate
• trigger
• turn on

Related terms

• activation

Antonyms

• deactivate
• inactivate

Translations

Anagrams

• cavitate

English

Alternative forms

• perswade (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin persu?de? (“I persuade”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??swe?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??swe?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d
• Hyphenation: per?suade

Verb

persuade (third-person singular simple present persuades, present participle persuading, simple past and past participle persuaded)

1. (transitive) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. [from 15th c.]

   Synonym: convince

   Antonyms: deter, dissuade

   • The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To convince of by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe (something). [15th–18th c.]
3. (transitive, now rare, regional) To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something). [from 16th c.]
   • 1791, Elizabeth Inchbald, A Simple Story, Oxford 2009, p. 119:

     She did not go into the coffee-room, though repeatedly persuaded by Miss Woodley, but waited at the door till her carriage drew up.

   • 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p. 34:

     He persuaded me to go home, but I refused.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• “persuade” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.s?ad/

Verb

persuade

1. inflection of persuader:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Verb

persuade

1. third-person singular indicative present of persuadere

Latin

Verb

persu?d?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of persu?de?

Portuguese

Verb

persuade

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of persuadir
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of persuadir

Spanish

Verb

persuade

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of persuadir.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of persuadir.