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Meanings
1. to advise
2. to urge
3. to try to persuade
4. to exhort
5. to console
6. to soothe
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He advised me not to believe what she says.
I tried to talk him out of the project, but in vain.
We tried to persuade him.
You tried to persuade Tom to do that, didn't you?
Tom advised him not to buy the secondhand car.
I advised him to be independent of his parents.