The phrase 'persuade by' is not typically used in written English. The most common phrase is 'persuade with'; for example, "He tried to persuade his father with logical arguments."
Neustadt, who was well aware of the limitations on the exercise of Presidential power, denied that Presidents persuade by reasoned argument or emotional appeals.
He sought to persuade by explaining and reasoning, not by simplifying or dramatizing — a form of respect that the citizenry didn't always deserve.
One need not interpret such sayings as attempting to persuade by the pure emotive effect of certain words, as in propaganda.
The essential thing to understand here is that an attempt to persuade by argument is "an attempt to provide you with reasons for believing a claim, desiring something or doing something" (p. 5).
Among the belles lettres, poetry and rhetoric are distinguished by the fact that "The main, ultimate purpose of poetry is to please by means of a sensibly perfect discourse, while that of rhetoric is to persuade by means of a sensibly perfect discourse".
Women tend to persuade by focusing in on an objection or concern and weigh it appropriately and then address it head on.
