Convince, Encourage, Impel

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from New York, New York!, Group 370, Puzzle 5 (Broadway Musicals).

Question is: Convince, Encourage, Impel

and the answer is: PERSUADE

Word Meaning:

PERSUADE — (transitive) To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence.

Definitions from Wiktionary.