Associations to the word «Persuasive»

Wiktionary

PERSUASIVE, adjective. Able to persuade; convincing
PERSUASIVE PRECEDENT, noun. (legal) A precedent set in a court that has no precedence over another but whose decisions are considered to be sufficiently useful that they may be used, although they are not binding until used by a superior court.
PERSUASIVE PRECEDENTS, noun. Plural of persuasive precedent

Dictionary definition

PERSUASIVE, adjective. Intended or having the power to induce action or belief; "persuasive eloquence"; "a most persuasive speaker"; "a persuasive argument".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky