One of several that jointly sign a written
instrument, as a treaty.
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; ...