convince
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin convincō (“I refute, prove”), from con- + vincō (“I conquer, vanquish”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪns
Verb
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- To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
- I wouldn't have or do something, unless I'm convinced that it's good.
- (Can we date this quote by Atterbury and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others.
- To persuade.
- (obsolete, transitive) To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
- (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- His two chamberlains / Will I with wine and wassail so convince / That memory, the warder of the brain, / Shall be a fume.
- (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (obsolete, transitive) To confute; to prove wrong.
- (Can we date this quote by Francis Bacon and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
- (Can we date this quote by Francis Bacon and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- (obsolete, transitive) To prove guilty; to convict.
- Bible, John viii. 46
- Which of you convinceth me of sin?
- (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Seek not to convince me of a crime / Which I can ne'er repent, nor you can pardon.
- Bible, John viii. 46
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Translations
to make someone believe, or feel sure about something
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Italian
Verb
convince
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) convince
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