Obs. [L. Suāda, fem. of suādus persuasive, f. root swād- (see SUAVE). Cf. G. suada, suade (colloq.) gift of the gab.] The Roman goddess of persuasion; hence = persuasiveness, persuasive eloquence.
1592. G. Harvey, Four Lett., Wks. (Grosart), I. 242. How faine would I see … Suadas hoony-bees in you rehiu’d. Ibid. (1593), Pierce’s Super., Ibid. II. 276. Euen the filed Suada of Isocrates, wanted the voyce of a Siren, or the sound of an Eccho.
1621. S. Ward, Happiness of Practice, 18. Irrisistable is the Suada of a good life, aboue a faire profession.
