Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dissuade \Dis*suade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissuaded}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Dissuading}.] [L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- +
   suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See
   {Suasion}.]
   1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from
      a course). [Obsolescent]

            Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with
            great ardor: and I stood neuter.      --Goldsmith.

            War, therefore, open or concealed, alike My voice
            dissuades.                            --Milton.

   2. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons
      or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him
      from his purpose.

            I have tried what is possible to dissuade him.
                                                  --Mad. D'
                                                  Arblay.