about the word "persuade"
Yesterday I watched the film " Frozen". After the elder sister hit her sister's head accidentally, their father carried them to the trolls. The head of trolls told him" The heart is not so easily changed,But the head can be persuaded."
Though I understand what is the troll meaning, I could not locate "persuade" on the dictionary.

Question

about the word "persuade"
Yesterday I watched the film " Frozen". After the elder sister hit her sister's head accidentally, their father carried them to the trolls. The head of trolls told him" The heart is not so easily changed,But the head can be persuaded."
Though I understand what is the troll meaning, I could not locate "persuade"  on the dictionary.

Answer

As my opinion, the head of trolls wanted to express " I am persuaded that the head can be cured."

Answer

在这里： http://www.dictionary.com/browse/persuade?s=t

Persuade -

verb (used with object), persuaded, persuading.
1. to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging:
"We could not persuade him to wait."

2. to induce to believe by appealing to reason or understanding; convince:
"to persuade the judge of the prisoner's innocence."

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