To Persuade
To Convince
する verb
You know that 説得 is persuasion, so what is the verb version of that? To persuade.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well. It will also immensely help to know the reading of the word 説得.
ロックミュージシャンになるには、親父を説得する必要がある。
In order to become a rock musician, I need to persuade my dad.
余計な物を買いすぎないよう、妻を説得しました。
I persuaded my wife not to buy unnecessary things.
ベーコンの密売ビジネスから足を洗うよう兄を説得するのは、容易なことではなかった。
It wasn't easy to convince my brother to bail out of the bacon-trafficking business.