What does it mean to persuade someone

Basically to convince someone to do something. In other words, it's to make someone agree to do something, whilst giving them reasons on why they should do it.

Examples:

I persuaded my mom to get a dog by giving her a slideshow on reasons why.

I wish teachers would understand that giving a large amount of homework just doesn’t fit in some of our time schedules. That we can’t finish an essay in a night. We have about 4 other classes that give the same amount if not more homework. I also wish that teachers would understand some students are too shy to ask for help or to ask about the question or to answer it.