Antonyms for prevail uponpre·vail upon

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1. prevail upon

   Of these words convince alone has no direct reference to moving the will, denoting an effect upon the understanding only; one may be convinced of his duty without doing it, or he may be convinced of truth that has no manifest connection with duty or action, as of a mathematical proposition. To persuade is to bring the will of another to a desired decision by some influence exerted upon it short of compulsion; one may be convinced that the earth is round; he may be persuaded to travel round it; but persuasion is so largely dependent upon conviction that it is commonly held to be the orator's work first to convince in order that he may persuade. Coax is a slighter word than persuade, seeking the same end by shallower methods, largely by appeal to personal feeling, with or without success; as, a child coaxes a parent to buy him a toy. One may be brought over, induced, or prevailed upon by means not properly included in persuasion, as by bribery or intimidation; he is won over chiefly by personal influence. Compare INFLUENCE.

   Antonyms:
   deter, discourage, dissuade, hinder, hold back, repel, restrain

   Synonyms:
   allure, bring over, coax, convince, dispose, entice, impel, incite, incline, induce, influence, lead, move, persuade, prevail on, urge, win over

How to use prevail upon in a sentence?

1. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy:

   No guarantee that those amendments pass but we'll have some time to ... prevail upon members to take these measures and turn them into law.

2. Yumi Hogan:

   ' I don't even have enough tests for my immune-compromised patients or for my staff,' he said. He wondered if I might prevail upon Johns Hopkins, whose Suburban Hospital is across the street from National Institutes of Health, to do some testing for him, i could only shake my head at Johns Hopkins. The federal government -- a much bigger and better-funded institution, with tens of thousands of scientists and physicians in the civil service -- wanted my help !

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