KJV Dictionary Definition: persuasibility

persuasibility

PERSUASIBIL'ITY, n. Capability of being persuaded.

persuasible

PERSUA'SIBLE, a. L. persuasibilis.

That may be persuaded or influenced by reasons offered.

persuasibleness

PERSUA'SIBLENESS, n. The quality of being influenced by persuasion.

persuasion

PERSUA'SION, n. s as z. L. persuasio.

1. The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by any thing that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination.

For thou hast all the arts of fine persuasion.

2. The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction proceeding from arguments and reasons offered by others, or suggested by one's own reflections.

When we have no other certainty of being in the right, but our own persuasion that we are so--

3. A creed or belief; or a sect or party adhering to a creed or system of opinions; as men of the same persuasion; all persuasions concur in the measure.

persuasive

PERSUA'SIVE, a. Having the power of persuading; influencing the mind or passions; as persuasive eloquence; persuasive evidence.

persuasively

PERSUA'SIVELY, adv. In such a manner as to persuade or convince.

persuasiveness

PERSUA'SIVENESS, n. The quality of having influence on the mind or passions.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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