different between desist vs dissuade

English

Etymology

From Middle French desister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??s?st/, /d??z?st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

desist (third-person singular simple present desists, present participle desisting, simple past and past participle desisted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from).
   • 1921, Annual Report of the Federal Trade Commission, page 173:

     After hearing[,] an order was entered requiring respondent to cease and desist the practice complained of under section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission act.

   • 2005, Gerry Shishin Wick, The Book of Equanimity: Illuminating Classic Zen Koans, Simon and Schuster (?ISBN), page 307:

     Desist the kind of thinking that gets you into trouble. Thinking is in itself fine, but grabbing onto thoughts and images of your self will bring you suffering. Once you learn how to desist, how to let go of your ego-grasping mind, then cease thinking ...

Derived terms

Related terms

• cease and desist

Translations

Anagrams

• Deists, deists, deïsts, sisted

English

Etymology

From Middle French dissuader, from Latin dissu?de? (“I urge differently”, “I advise against”, “I dissuade”), from dis- (“away from”, “asunder”) + su?de? (“I recommend”, “I advise”, “I urge”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d??swe?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Verb

dissuade (third-person singular simple present dissuades, present participle dissuading, simple past and past participle dissuaded)

1. (transitive) To convince not to try or do.

   Jane dissuaded Martha from committing suicide.

Antonyms

• persuade

Related terms

• dissuasion
• dissuasive

Translations

French

Verb

dissuade

1. first-person singular present indicative of dissuader
2. third-person singular present indicative of dissuader
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of dissuader
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of dissuader
5. second-person singular imperative of dissuader

Italian

Verb

dissuade

1. third-person singular present indicative of dissuadere

Latin

Verb

dissu?d?

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

Portuguese

Verb

dissuade

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