Vocabulary
Form
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
verb
vt
Example sentences
彼（かれ）は私（わたし）を説き伏（ときふ）せて行（い）かせた。
He argued me into going.
妻（つま）は私（わたし）を説き伏（ときふ）せて新車（しんしゃ）を買（か）わせようとした。
My wife tried to persuade me into buying a new car.
妻（つま）は私（わたし）を説き伏（ときふ）せて新車（しんしゃ）を買（か）わせた。
My wife talked me into buying a new car.
どうやっても彼（かれ）は説き伏（ときふ）せられないだろう。
Nothing would persuade him.