Syn. -- See Conviction.
Per*sua"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. persuasif.] Tending to persuade; having
the power of persuading; as, persuasive eloquence. "Persuasive words."
Milton.
Per*sua"sive, n. That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an
exhortation. -- Per*sua"sive*ly, adv. -- Per*sua"sive*ness, n.
Per*sua"so*ry (?), a. Persuasive. Sir T. Browne.
Per*sul"phate (?), n. (Chem.) A sulphate of the peroxide of any base.
[R.]
Per*sul"phide (?), n. (Chem.) A sulphide containing more sulphur than
some other compound of the same elements; as, iron pyrites is a
persulphide; -- formerly called persulphuret.
Per*sul`pho*cy"a*nate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of persulphocyanic acid.
[R.]
Per*sul`pho*cy*an"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a
yellow crystalline substance (called also perthiocyanic acid),
analogous to sulphocyanic acid, but containing more sulphur.
Per*sul`pho*cy*an"o*gen (?), n. (Chem.) An orange-yellow substance,
produced by the action of chlorine or boiling dilute nitric acid and
sulphocyanate of potassium; -- called also pseudosulphocyanogen,
perthiocyanogen, and formerly sulphocyanogen.