bring to reason

bring to reason
index convince, persuade, prevail upon, reason (persuade)

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  • bring to reason — influence someone so that they will act rationally, bring to one s senses …   English contemporary dictionary

  • reason — rea·son n 1: an underlying ground, justification, purpose, motive, or inducement required to provide reason s for the termination in writing 2 a: the faculty of comprehending, inferring, or distinguishing esp. in a fair and orderly way b: the… …   Law dictionary

  • reason — n 1. basis, cause, ground, grounds, motive, warrant, occasion, Obs. skill; inducement, inspiration, impetus, incentive; mover, prime mover, agent; instigation, incitement, provocation; stimulation, actuation, fomentation. 2. justification,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • bring round — Synonyms and related words: about ship, argue into, assure, back and fill, be convincing, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, box off, break, bring about, bring around, bring home to, bring over, bring to reason, cant, cant… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • bring home to — Synonyms and related words: account for, accredit with, accrete to, accuse of, acknowledge, afford proof of, anathematize, apply to, ascertain, ascribe to, assign to, assure, attach to, attaint, attribute to, be convincing, blacklist, blame,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • bring — W1S1 [brıŋ] v past tense and past participle brought [bro:t US bro:t] [T] [: Old English; Origin: bringan] 1.) a) to take something or someone with you to the place where you are now, or to the place you are talking about →↑take ▪ Did you bring… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • reason — n 1 Reason, ground, argument, proof are comparable when they mean a point or series of points offered or capable of being offered in support of something questioned or disputed. Reason usually implies the need of justification, either to oneself… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • reason — [rē′zən] n. [ME reisun < OFr < L ratio, a reckoning, reason: see READ1] 1. an explanation or justification of an act, idea, etc. 2. a cause or motive 3. the ability to think, form judgments, draw conclusions, etc. 4. sound thought or… …   English World dictionary

  • Bring The Boys Back Home — Chanson par Pink Floyd extrait de l’album The Wall Pays  Royaume Uni Sortie …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Bring the boys back home — Chanson par Pink Floyd extrait de l’album The Wall Pays  Royaume Uni Sortie …   Wikipédia en Français

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