persuasive

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   intended or having the power to induce action or belief

   persuasive eloquence

2. 2
   adj

   Able to persuade; convincing.

   But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons.

3. 3
   noun

   That which persuades; incitement.

   He smiled a very knowing smile, and setting up a halloo, and shaking his leathern thong, away we went at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour. I had no occasion to go further with my persuasives; the pace was kept up, […]

Etymology

From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus.