Dissuade
Dissuade , transitive verb
[Latin dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- + suadere to advise, persuade: compare French 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.
War, therefore, open or concealed, alike
My voice dissuades.
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.