1. To give advice to; SYN. counsel.
2. To give information or notice to; SYN. notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize.
3. Make a proposal, declare a plan for something

1. To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to caress; to cajole.
2. To make agreeable and enticing.
To flatter and coax; to cajole

1. To inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to.
2. To spur on.

ETYM Latin persuasio. Related to French persuasion.
1. Changing a person's beliefs by argument or reasoning or entreaty.
2. Inducement by argument or reasoning or entreaty.
3. The act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); SYN. suasion.

Persuasion; advice, the act of influencing or persuading.