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† diˈssuasory, a. Obs.
[f. L. type *dissuāsōri-us, f. dissuāsor dissuader: see -ory. Cf. It. disuasorio ‘disswading, discouraging’ (Florio).]
= dissuasive a.
c1555Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII, 90 The said 18 chapter is partly dissuasory, partly teaching. 1586A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 128 Of Epistles Dehortatorie, and Disswasorie.
B. n. = dissuasive n.
1844Jeffrey Contrib. Ed. Rev. IV. 278 This person..has ill luck in all his dissuasories [orig. (in Ed. Rev. Oct. 1815, 362) dissuasions.] |