bring around

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verb

1. cause to adopt an opinion or course of action
- His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school
• Syn:
bring round
• Hypernyms:
persuade
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. provide a cure for, make healthy again
- The treatment cured the boy's acne
- The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to
• Syn:
cure, heal
• Derivationally related forms:
healer (for: heal), curable (for: cure), curative (for: cure), cure (for: cure)
• Topics:
medicine, practice of medicine
• Hypernyms:
help, aid
• Hyponyms:
recuperate
• Entailment:
treat, care for
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. return to consciousness
- These pictures bring back sad memories
• Syn:
bring to, bring back, bring round
• Ant:
anesthetize (for: bring to)
• Hypernyms:
awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
• Hyponyms:
resuscitate, revive
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody