convincible

English

Alternative forms

• convinceable

Etymology

From convince +‎ -ible.

Adjective

convincible (comparative more convincible, superlative most convincible)

1. Capable of being convinced or won over.
2. (obsolete) Capable of being disproved by argument; refutable.
   • 1642, Tho[mas] Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici. […], 4th edition, London: […] E. Cotes for Andrew Crook […], published 1656, →OCLC:

     to determine the day and year of this inevitable time, is not only convincible and statute madness , but also manifest impiety

Derived terms

• inconvincible
• unconvincible

 

References

• “convincible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.