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suasion|ˈsweɪʒən|
Also 4 suasioun, 5 -yon, 6–7 swasion.
[ad. L. suāsio, -ōnem, n. of action f. suādēre to suade. Cf. obs. F. suasion (14th c.).]
1. The act or fact of exhorting or urging; persuasion.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. pr. i. (1868) 30 Com nowe furþe þerfore þe suasioun of swetnesse Rethoryen. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) VII. 93 Seynte Elphegus was made bischop of Wynchestre, thro the suasion off blissede Andrewe, apperynge to seynte Dunstan. 1528More Dyaloge i. Wks. 157/1 Thei had ones at the subtill suasion of the deuill, broken the thirde comaundement. 1641Prynne Antipathie 9 O perfidious, ungratefull counsell and swasion of this prelate. 1660South Serm. (1727) IV. 34 It cannot be subdued by meer Suasion. 1720Watts in Reliq. Juv. (1789) 169 To address the ear With conquering suasion, or reproof severe. 1844Kinglake Eothen xxviii, Men governed by reasons and suasion of speech. 1867Smiles Huguenots Eng. v. (1880) 74 Conformity by force, if not by suasion.
b. moral suasion: persuasion exerted or acting through and upon the moral nature or sense.
1642D. Rogers Naaman 13 A cause of morall swasion to apprehend the truth. 1700C. Nesse Antid. Armin. (1827) 112 Moral suasion will neuer prove effectual to open the heart of man. 1861Sat. Rev. 14 Dec. 596 [They] might..have found fitting occupation for their powers of moral suasion in the endeavour to avert a struggle far more ferocious. 1885Dilke in Leeds Merc. 15 Dec. 5/3 Who thought that moral suasion needed to be aided by legislation.
c. transf.
1856Masson Ess. Biog. & Crit. 430 The occult suasion of the rhyme. a1861Clough Mari Magno 383 The sinking stars their suasions urge for sleep. 1875Gladstone Glean. VI. ii. 109 Introducing the Roman or Papal religion..under..the silent but steady suasion of its ceremonial.
2. An instance of this.
c1407Lydg. Reson & Sens. 1994 With many mighty Argument, Tatteyne to ther entencion, By many strong suasion. c1450J. Capgrave Life St. Gilbert 95 Ne þretyng of þe iuges, ne fayre suasiones of oþir. c1555Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (Camden) 91 It is untrue that the state of the said 18 chapter standeth wholly upon dehortations but rather upon suasions and exhortations. 1642D. Rogers Naaman 149 Away with thy morality and morall swasions, bring them to the Spirit of Christ. 1663Heath Flagellum 7 Growing insolent and uncorrigible from those results and swasions within him. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xix. v. (1872) V. 500 Suasions from Montalembert. |