convince
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin convincō (“to refute, prove”), from con- + vincō (“to conquer, to vanquish”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /kənˈvɪns/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪns
VerbEdit
convince (third-person singular simple present convinces, present participle convincing, simple past and past participle convinced)
- To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
- Atterbury
- Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others.
- Atterbury
- To persuade.
- (obsolete, transitive) To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
- Shakespeare
- His two chamberlains / Will I with wine and wassail so convince / That memory, the warder of the brain, / Shall be a fume.
- Shakespeare
- (obsolete, transitive) To confute; to prove wrong.
- Francis Bacon
- God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
- Francis Bacon
- (obsolete, transitive) To prove guilty; to convict.
- Bible, John viii. 46
- Which of you convinceth me of sin?
- Dryden
- Seek not to convince me of a crime / Which I can ne'er repent, nor you can pardon.
- Bible, John viii. 46
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
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