If you have asthma or another chronic lung disease, make sure you are taking medicines prescribed by your doctor. Here are some tips to help ease your cough: If you have a dry, tickling cough, try cough drops or hard candy. Never give these to a child under age 3, because they can cause choking.
temptâ²aâ¢ble, adj. syn: tempt, seduce both mean to allure or entice someone into an unwise, wrong, or wicked action. To tempt is to attract by holding out the probability of gratification or advantage, often in regard to what is wrong or unwise: to tempt a high official with a bribe.
persuade verb [T]. âº to âcause âpeople to do or âbelieve something, esp. by âexplaining why they should: The âgovernment is âtrying to persuade âconsumers to âsave more. She âtried to persuade them that they should âleave. persuasive adjective us /pÉrËsweÉªÂ·sÉªv, -zÉªv/ âº a persuasive âargument.ersuade verb [T]. B1 to make someone do or âbelieve something by giving them a good âreason to do it or by âtalking to that âperson and making them âbelieve it: If she doesn't âwant to go, nothing you can say will persuade her.