convince

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin convincō (“I refute, prove”), from con- + vincō (“I conquer, vanquish”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈvɪns/

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• Rhymes: -ɪns

VerbEdit

convince (third-person singular simple present convinces, present participle convincing, simple past and past participle convinced)

1. 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.

2. To persuade.
3. (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.

4. (obsolete, transitive) To confute; to prove wrong.
   • Francis Bacon

     God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

5. (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.

SynonymsEdit

• persuade
• satisfy
• assure
• convert
• win over

Related termsEdit

Related terms

• convict

• conviction

• convincible

• convincingly

TranslationsEdit

to make someone believe, or feel sure about something

• Arabic: أَقْنَعَ‏‎ (ʾaqnaʿa)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: запэ́ўніваць impf (zapéŭnivacʹ), запэ́ўніць pf (zapéŭnicʹ)
• Bulgarian: убеждавам (bg) (ubeždavam)
• Catalan: convèncer (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 說服 (zh), 说服 (zh) (shuōfú)

• Czech: přesvědčit (cs)
• Dutch: overtuigen (nl)
• Esperanto: konvinki
• Estonian: veenma (et)
• Finnish: vakuuttaa (fi)
• French: convaincre (fr)
• Georgian: დარწმუნება (darc̣muneba)
• German: überzeugen (de)
• Hebrew: שכנע‏‎ (he) (shikhnéa)
• Hungarian: meggyőz (hu)
• Italian: convincere (it)
• Japanese: 説得する (ja) (せっとくする, settoku-surú), 納得させる (nattoku-saseru), 自覚させる (ja) (jikaku-saseru)
• Khmer: ប្រលោម (km) (prɑlaom), អន្ទង (km) (ɑntɔɔŋ), បញ្ចុះបញ្ចូល (bɑɲcoh bɑɲcool)

• Latin: persuadere, (to have oneself convinced) sibi persuasum habere, convinco
• Maori: whakapakepake, whakakīkī, whakawhere
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overbevise (no)

• Polish: przekonywać (pl), przekonać (pl)
• Portuguese: convencer (pt)
• Romanian: convinge (ro)
• Romansch: cunventscher, conventscher, persvader, parschuader
• Russian: убежда́ть (ru) impf (ubeždátʹ), убеди́ть (ru) pf (ubedítʹ)
• Sardinian: cumbínchere, cumbinci, cumbínghere, cunvinci, cunvínciri
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у̀вјерити

  Roman: ùvjeriti (sh)

• Sicilian: cunvìnciri (scn), cummìnciri (scn)
• Slovene: prepríčati
• Spanish: convencer (es)
• Swedish: övertyga (sv)
• Telugu: నమ్మించు (te) (nammiṃcu), ఒప్పించు (te) (oppiṃcu)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: convince (tr)
• Venetian: convinçer, convinser, convinçar
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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ItalianEdit

VerbEdit

convince

1. third-person singular present of convincere

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

convince

1. second-person singular present active imperative of convincō