diswayとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

disway (third-person singular simple present disways, present participle diswaying, simple past and past participle diswayed)

1. Synonym of dissuade
   • 1970, Ram Naresh Trivedi, Report on a comparative study of the working of traditional and statutory panchayats in the tribal areas of Ranchi District, page 68:

     On many occasions, such non-tribal men are seriously beaten by the tribals, both to disway the non-tribal males from pursuing the intimacy and also to prevent the recurrence of such occurrence in future.

   • 2010, Sharon Balts, The Protector, →ISBN, page 161:

     No amount of command from me could disway Meade from his evil purpose of drawing Sir Thomas Blackaby into a sword fight.

   • 2013, D. Avraham, The Foundation Stone, →ISBN:

     Yishai, though grudgingly, recognized that the elders would not be diswayed.