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Persuade, Persuading

To persuade is to induce to act. Persuading is ln-dueing others to act. Crosby v. Hawthorn, 25 Ala. 221; wilson v. State, 38 Ala. 411; Nash v. Douglass, 12 Abb. Prac. (N. S.) (N. Y.) 190

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)