persuade

To cause (someone) to accept a point of view or to undertake a course of action by means of argument, reasoning, or entreaty.

Persuasion.

To advise; counsel; urge the acceptance or practice of; commend by exposition, argument, demonstration, etc.; inculcate.

To lead to the opinion or conclusion (that); make (one) believe or think: frequently followed by that.

To prevail upon, as by demonstration, exposition, argument, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; argue or reason into a certain belief or course of conduct; induce; win over.