Persuade ( page 271 ).
Questions.
1. What does convince denote? How does it differ from the other words of the group? 2. What is it to persuade? 3. How is convincing related to persuasion? 4. How does coax compare with persuade?
Examples.
A long train of these practises has at length unwillingly —— me that there is something hid behind the throne greater than the king himself.
He had a head to contrive, a tongue to ——, and a hand to execute any mischief.