Convince

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  • transitive verb. To cause (someone) by the use of argument or evidence to believe something or to take a course of action. synonym: persuade.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To prove to be wrong or guilty.
  • transitive verb. To conquer; overpower.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To persuade or satisfy by argument or evidence; cause to believe in the truth of what is alleged; gain the credence of: as, to convince a man of his errors, or to convince him of the truth.
  • To evince; demonstrate; prove.
  • To refute; show to be wrong.
  • To overpower; conquer; vanquish.
  • To convict; prove or find guilty.
  • Synonyms Convince, Persuade. To convince a person is to satisfy his understanding as to the truth of a certain statement; to persuade him is, by derivation, to affect his will by motives; but it has long been used also for convince, as in Luke xx. 6, “they be persuaded that John was a prophet.” There is a marked tendency now to confine persuade to its own distinctive meaning.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master.
  • transitive verb. To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof.
  • transitive verb. To confute; to prove the fallacy of.
  • transitive verb. To prove guilty; to convict.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
  • verb. To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
  • verb. To confute; to prove wrong.
  • verb. To prove guilty; to convict.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
  • Word Usage
    "I. vii.64 (432,5) Will I with wine and wassel so convince] To _convince_ is in Shakespeare to _overpower_ or _subdue_, as in this play,"
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    persuade  
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    disarm  
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    Ince  Prince  Vince  evince  lince  
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