Stop close to road and, if empty, put in children (8)
I believe the answer is:
dissuade
'stop close' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dissuade that I've seen before include "Discourage from course of action" , "Try to deter" , "Persuade not to" , "Deter by advice" , "Advise not to proceed" .)