Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To advise or exhort against; to persuade from a course of action. 2. (v. t.) To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose.

Multi-Version Concordance Dissuade (2 Occurrences) Ezekiel 3:18 When I tell the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand. (See NIV) Ezekiel 33:8 When I tell the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, and you don't speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand. (See NIV)