Having the power of persuading; persuasive; convincing. Also: capable of being recommended for acceptance; credible, plausible. rare after 17th cent.

Of a thing.

Having the power to persuade; persuasive, convincing. Cf. persuasible, adj. 1. Obsolete. rare.

= persuasive, adj.; intended to persuade; relating to persuasion.

Tending to persuade; persuasive.

Persuasive; that persuades or convinces someone.

Having or exercizing the power of persuading or urging; consisting in or tending to suasion; occasionally const. of, exhorting or urging to.

Having the nature or properties of adamant; made of adamant; = adamantine, adj. 1a. Also figurative.

That induces, persuades, or leads on.

Tending to induce.

Persuasive; seductive.

Having power to bend or influence the mind; moving, affecting.

Originally: †that pleads powerfully; persuasive (obsolete). Later: full of pleas and entreaties.

= suasory, adj.

That influences the mind; = psychagogic, adj. 1.

That influences the mind; persuasive, attractive.