Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 121
Converse (n.) (Logic.) A proposition which arises from interchanging the terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue.
Note: It should not (as is often done) be confounded with the contrary or opposite of a proposition, which is formed by introducing the negative not or no.
Converse (n.) (Math.) A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse is true, i.e., if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal.
Converse (a.) Of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other; "`parental' and `filial' are converse terms".
Converse (a.) Turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters" [syn: {converse}, {reversed}, {transposed}].
Converse (n.) A proposition obtained by conversion.
Converse (v.) Carry on a conversation [syn: {converse}, {discourse}].
Converse, () The truth of a proposition of the form A => B and its converse B => A are shown in the following truth table:
A B | A => B B => A
------+----------------
f f | t t
f t | t f
t f | f t
t t | t t
(2002-07-12)
Converse -- U.S. County in Wyoming
Population (2000): 12052
Housing Units (2000): 5669
Land area (2000): 4254.720714 sq. miles (11019.675593 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 10.379576 sq. miles (26.882976 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4265.100290 sq. miles (11046.558569 sq. km)
Located within: Wyoming (WY), FIPS 56
Location: 42.857379 N, 105.502721 W
Headwords:
Converse
Converse, WY
Converse County
Converse County, WY
Converse, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 1137
Housing Units (2000): 548
Land area (2000): 0.890786 sq. miles (2.307125 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.890786 sq. miles (2.307125 sq. km)
FIPS code: 14986
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 40.579654 N, 85.869022 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 46919
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Converse, IN
Converse
Converse, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 11508
Housing Units (2000): 4009
Land area (2000): 6.329015 sq. miles (16.392073 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.329015 sq. miles (16.392073 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16468
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 29.517280 N, 98.313804 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 78109
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Converse, TX
Converse
Converse, LA -- U.S. village in Louisiana
Population (2000): 400
Housing Units (2000): 202
Land area (2000): 2.131506 sq. miles (5.520575 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.131506 sq. miles (5.520575 sq. km)
FIPS code: 17215
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 31.780369 N, 93.698620 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Converse, LA
Converse
Conversely (adv.) In a converse manner; with change of order or relation; reciprocally. -- J. S. Mill.
Conversely (adv.) With the terms of the relation reversed; "conversely, not all women are mothers".
Converser (n.) One who engages in conversation.
Conversible (a.) Capable of being converted or reversed. -- Hammond.
Conversion (n.) The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.
Artificial conversion of water into ice. -- Bacon.
The conversion of the aliment into fat. -- Arbuthnot.
Conversion (n.) The act of changing one's views or course, as in passing from one side, party, or from of religion to another; also, the state of being so changed. "Conversion to Christianity." -- Prescott.
Conversion (n.) (Law) An appropriation of, and dealing with the property of another as if it were one's own, without right; as, the conversion of a horse.
Or bring my action of conversion And trover for my goods. -- Hudibras.
Conversion (n.) (Logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or the contrary.
Conversion (n.) (Math.) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions.
Conversion (n.) (Mil.) A change of front, as a body of troops attacked in the flank.
Conversion (n.) (Mil.) A change of character or use, as of smoothbore guns into rifles.
Conversion (n.) (Theol.) A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world to the service of God; a change of the ruling disposition of the soul, involving a transformation of the outward life.
He oft Frequented their assemblies, . . . and to them preached Conversion and repentance, as to souls In prison under judgments imminent. -- Milton.
Conversion (n.) An event that results in a transformation [syn: conversion, transition, changeover].
Conversion (n.) A change in the units or form of an expression: "conversion from Fahrenheit to Centigrade".
Conversion (n.) A successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown.
Conversion (n.) A spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life [syn: conversion, rebirth, spiritual rebirth].
Conversion (n.) (Psychiatry) A defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis.
Conversion (n.) A change of religion; "his conversion to the Catholic faith".
Conversion (n.) Interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition.
Conversion (n.) Act of exchanging one type of money or security for another.
Conversion (n.) The act of changing from one use or function or purpose to another.
Conversive (a.) Capable of being converted or changed.
Conversive (a.) Ready to converse; social. [Archaic] -- Feltham.
Converted (imp. & p. p.) of Convert.
Converting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convert.
Convert (v. t.) To cause to turn; to turn. [Obs.]
O, which way shall I first convert myself? -- B. Jonson.
Convert (v. t.) To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice.
If the whole atmosphere were converted into water. -- T. Burnet.
That still lessens The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy. -- Milton.
Convert (v. t.) To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another.
No attempt was made to convert the Moslems. -- Prescott.
Convert (v. t.) To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness.
He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death. -- Lames v. 20.
Convert (v. t.) To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.
When a bystander took a coin to get it changed, and converted it, [it was] held no larceny. -- Cooley.
Convert (v. t.) To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.
Convert (v. t.) (Logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
Convert (v. t.) To turn into another language; to translate. [Obs.]
Which story . . . Catullus more elegantly converted. -- B. Jonson.
Converted guns, Cast-iron guns lined with wrought-iron or steel tubes. -- Farrow.
Converting furnace (Steel Manuf.), A furnace in which wrought iron is converted into steel by cementation.
Syn: To change; turn; transmute; appropriate.
Convert (v. i.) To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally.
If Nebo had had the preaching that thou hast, they [the Neboites] would have converted. -- Latimer.
A red dust which converth into worms. -- Sandys.
The public hope And eye to thee converting. -- Thomson.
Convert (n.) A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed, religious system, or party, in which he has not previously believed; especially, one who turns from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness, or from unbelief to Christianity.
The Jesuits did not persuade the converts to lay aside the use of images. -- Bp. Stillingfleet.
Convert (n.) A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir.
Syn: Proselyte; neophyte.
Usage: Convert, Proselyte, Pervert. A convert is one who turns from what he believes to have been a decided error of faith or practice. Such a change may relate to religion, politics, or other subjects. properly considered, it is not confined to speculation alone, but affects the whole current of one's feelings and the tenor of his actions. As such a change carries with it the appearance of sincerity, the term convert is usually taken in a good sense. Proselyte is a term of more ambiguous use and application. It was first applied to an adherent of one religious system who had transferred himself externally to some other religious system; and is also applied to one who makes a similar transfer in respect to systems of philosophy or speculation. The term has little or no reference to the state of the heart. Pervert is a term of recent origin, designed to express the contrary of convert, and to stigmatize a person as drawn off perverted from the true faith. It has been more particulary applied by members of the Church of England to those who have joined the Roman Catholic Church.
Convert (n.) A person who has been converted to another religious or political belief.
Convert (v.) Change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy; "We converted from 220 to 110 Volt" [syn: convert, change over].
Convert (v.) Change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers".
Convert (v.) Change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief; "She converted to Buddhism".
Convert (v.) Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares" [syn: change, exchange, commute, convert].
Convert (v.) Cause to adopt a new or different faith; "The missionaries converted the Indian population".
Convert (v.) Score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone; "Smith converted and his team won".
Convert (v.) Complete successfully; "score a penalty shot or free throw".
Convert (v.) Score (a spare).
Convert (v.) Make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product" [syn: convert, win over, convince].
Convert (v.) Exchange a penalty for a less severe one [syn: commute, convert, exchange].
Convert (v.) Change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid".
CONVERT
REC
Regular Expression Converter, () (Or "REC", "Regular Expression Converter") A string processing language that combined the pattern matching and transformation operations of COMIT with the recursive data structures of Lisp.
["Convert", A. Guzman et al, CACM 9(8):604-615, Aug 1966].
CONVERT
REC
Regular Expression Converter, () An early language to convert programs and data from one language to another.
["CONVERT Manual", OLI Systems Inc, Oct 1976]. (2007-02-05)
Convert (v.) (Change) B2 [ I or T ] （使）改變，（使）轉變；（使）改信；（使）皈依 To (cause something or someone to) change in form or character.
// Could we convert the small bedroom into a second bathroom?
// What's the formula for converting pounds into kilograms?
Convert (v.) (Sports) [ T ]（在橄欖球賽中）（觸地得分後再射） 球從球門架橫木之上或兩球門柱之間穿過將獲得更多分數 In sport , to score extra points such as a conversion, free throw, or penalty shot.
Convert (n.) [ C ] 改變信仰（或習慣、生活方式）的人 Someone who changes their beliefs, habits, or way of living.
// A Christian/ Buddhist convert.
// A convert to vegetarianism/ wholemeal bread.
Converted (a.) 改變信仰的 Noting a specified type of person who has been converted from the religion, beliefs, or attitudes characteristic of that type.
// A converted Christian; a converted thief.
Converted (a.) 改變的 Noting anything, formerly of the type specified, that has been converted to something else.
// His yacht is a converted destroyer escort.
Convertend (n.) (Logic) Any proposition which is subject to the process of conversion; -- so called in its relation to itself as converted, after which process it is termed the converse. See Converse, n. (Logic).
Converter (n.) One who converts; one who makes converts.
Converter (n.) (Steel Manuf.) A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.
Converter (n.) A device for changing one substance or form or state into another [syn: converter, convertor].
Converter (n.) [ C ] (Also convertor) 轉換器 A machine or device that changes something into a different form.
Convertibility (n.) The condition or quality of being convertible; capability of being exchanged; convertibleness.
The mutual convertibility of land into money, and of money into land. -- Burke.
Convertibility (n.) The quality of being exchangeable (especially the ability to convert a currency into gold or other currencies without restriction) [ant: inconvertibility].
Convertible (a.) Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.
Minerals are not convertible into another species, though of the same genus. -- Harvey.
Convertible (a.) Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable.
So long as we are in the regions of nature, miraculous and improbable, miraculous and incredible, may be allowed to remain convertible terms. -- Trench.
Compare: Automobile
Automobile (n.) [F.] A self-propelled vehicle used for transporting passengers, suitable for use on a street or roadway. Many diferent models of automobiles have beenbuilt and sold commercially, possessing varied features such as a retractable roof (in a convertible), different braking systems, different propulsion systems, and varied styling. Most models have four wheels but some have been built with three wheels. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), and sometimes by steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from under 50 H. P. for earlier models to over 200 H. P. larger models or high-performance sports or racing cars. An automobile is commonly called a car or an auto, and generally in British usage, motor cars.
Syn: car, auto, machine, motorcar.
Convertible (a.) Capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value; "convertible securities" [syn: convertible, exchangeable] [ant: inconvertible, unconvertible, unexchangeable].
Convertible (a.) Designed to be changed from one use or form to another; "a convertible sofa"; "a convertible coupe".
Convertible (a.) Capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy; "is lead really transmutable into gold?"; "ideas translatable into reality" [syn: convertible, transformable, translatable, transmutable].
Convertible (n.) A car that has top that can be folded or removed.
Convertible (n.) A corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock) [syn: convertible, convertible security].
Convertible (n.) A sofa that can be converted into a bed [syn: convertible, sofa bed].
Convertibleness (n.) The state of being convertible; convertibility.
Convertibly (adv.) In a convertible manner.
Convertite (n.) A convert. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Convex (a.) 凸面的 Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave.
Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface. -- Whewell.
Double convex, Convex on both sides; convexo-convex.
Convex (n.) 凸狀；凸面體；凸透鏡 A convex body or surface.
Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame. -- Tickell.
Note: This word was often pronounced con-vex' by early writers, as by Milton, and occasionally by later poets.
Convex (a.) Curving or bulging outward [syn: convex, bulging] [ant: concave].
Convexed (a.) Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form. -- Sir T. Browne.
Convexedly (adv.) In a convex form; convexly. -- Sir T. Browne.
Convexedness (n.) Convexity.
Convexities (n. pl. ) of Convexity
Convexity (n.) The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convex body; roundness.
A smooth, uniform convexity and rotundity of a globe. -- Bentley.
Convexity (n.) The property possessed by a convex shape [syn: convexity, convexness].
Convexity (n.) A shape that curves or bulges outward [syn: convex shape, convexity].
Convexly (adv.) In a convex form; as, a body convexly shaped.
Convexly (adv.) In a convex way; "bulging out convexly" [ant: concavely].
Convexness (n.) The state of being convex; convexity.
Convexness (n.) The property possessed by a convex shape [syn: convexity, convexness].
Convexo-concave (a.) Convex on one side, and concave on the other. The curves of the convex and concave sides may be alike or may be different. See Meniscus.
Convexo-convex (a.) Convex on both sides; double convex. See under Convex, a.
Convexo-plane (a.) Convex on one side, and flat on the other; plano-convex.
Conveyed (imp. & p. p.) of Convey.
Conveying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convey.
Convey (v. t.) 運送，搬運，轉運 [（+from/ to）]；傳播（聲音等）；傳達，傳遞，表達 [（+to）] [+（that）] [+wh-]；轉讓（財產等）[（+to）] To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.
Convey (v. t.) To cause to pass from one place or person to another; to serve as a medium in carrying (anything) from one place or person to another; to transmit; as, air conveys sound; words convey ideas.
Convey (v. t.) To transfer or deliver to another; to make over, as property; more strictly (Law), to transfer (real estate) or pass (a title to real estate) by a sealed writing.
Convey (v. t.) To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to convey information.
Convey (v. t.) To manage with privacy; to carry out.
Convey (v. t.) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
Convey (v. t.) To accompany; to convoy.
Convey (v. i.) To play the thief; to steal.
Convey (v.) Make known; pass on, of information; "She conveyed the message to me".
Convey (v.) Serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger" [syn: {carry}, {convey}, {express}].
Convey (v.) Transfer to another; "communicate a disease" [syn: {convey}, {transmit}, {communicate}].
Convey (v.) Transmit a title or property.
Convey (v.) Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" [syn: {impart}, {conduct}, {transmit}, {convey}, {carry}, {channel}].
Convey (v.) Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" [syn: {bring}, {convey}, {take}].
Convey (v.) Go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" [syn: {bring}, {get}, {convey}, {fetch}] [ant: {bear away}, {bear off}, {carry away}, {carry off}, {take away}].
Conveyable (a.) Capable of being conveyed or transferred.
Conveyance (n.) 運送，運輸 [U]；表達，傳達 [U] The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage.
Conveyance (n.) The instrument or means of carrying or transporting anything from place to place; the vehicle in which, or means by which, anything is carried from one place to another; as, stagecoaches, omnibuses, etc., are conveyances; a canal or aqueduct is a conveyance for water.
Conveyance (n.) The act or process of transferring, transmitting, handing down, or communicating; transmission.
Conveyance (n.) The act by which the title to property, esp. real estate, is transferred; transfer of ownership; an instrument in writing (as a deed or mortgage), by which the title to property is conveyed from one person to another.
Conveyance (n.) Dishonest management, or artifice.
Conveyancer (n.) One whose business is to draw up conveyances of property, as deeds, mortgages, leases, etc.
Conveyancing (n.) The business of a conveyancer; the act or business of drawing deeds, leases, or other writings, for transferring the title to property from one person to another.
Conveyer (n.) One who, or that which, conveys or carries, transmits or transfers.
Conveyer (n.) One given to artifices or secret practices; a juggler; a cheat; a thief.
Conveyor (n.) A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope.
Conviciate (v. i.) To utter reproaches; to raise a clamor; to rail.
Convicinities (n. pl. ) of Convicinity.
Convicinity (n.) Immediate vicinity; neighborhood.
Convicious (a.) Expressing reproach; abusive; railing; taunting. [Obs.] "Convicious words." --Queen Elizabeth (1559).
Convict (p. a.) Proved or found guilty; convicted. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. -- Milton.
Convict (n.) 【律】（服刑的）囚犯，已決犯 A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime.
Convict (n.) A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.
Syn: Malefactor; culprit; felon; criminal.
Convicted (imp. & p. p.) of Convict.
Convicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convict.
Convict (v. t.) 證明……有罪；判……有罪，判決 [H] [（+of）]；使認罪；使深感有錯，使悔悟 To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience.
He [Baxter] . . . had been convicted by a jury. -- Macaulay.
They which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one. -- John viii. 9.
Convict (v. t.) To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Convict (v. t.) To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove.
Imagining that these proofs will convict a testament, to have that in it which other men can nowhere by reading find. -- Hooker.
Convict (v. t.) To defeat; to doom to destruction. [Obs.]
A whole armado of convicted sail. -- Shak.
Syn: To confute; defect; convince; confound.
Convict (n.) A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird].
Convict (n.) A person who has been convicted of a criminal offense.
Convict (v.) (v. i.) 判決 Find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced" [ant: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate].
Convictible (a.) Capable of being convicted. [R.] -- Ash.
Conviction (n.) 定罪；證明有罪 [U] [C]；確信，信念 [U] [C] [+（that）]；說服力 ；[U]； 服罪 [U] The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense.
The greater certainty of conviction and the greater certainty of punishment. -- Hallam.
Conviction (n.) (Law) A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal.
Conviction may accrue two ways. -- Blackstone.
Conviction (n.) The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation.
For all his tedious talk is but vain boast, Or subtle shifts conviction to evade. -- Milton.
Conviction (n.) The state of being convinced or convicted; strong persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin, or by one's conscience.
To call good evil, and evil good, against the conviction of their own consciences. -- Swift.
And did you presently fall under the power of this conviction? -- Bunyan.
Syn: {Conviction}; {persuasion}.
Usage: Conviction respects soley matters of belief or faith; persuasion respects matters of belief or practice. Conviction respects our most important duties; persuasion is frequently applied to matters of indifference. --Crabb. -- Conviction is the result of the [operation of the] understanding; persuasion, of the will. Conviction is a necessity of the mind, persuasion an acquiescence of the inclination. -- C. J. Smith. -- Persuasion often induces men to act in opposition to their conviction of duty.
Conviction (n.) An unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence [syn: {conviction}, {strong belief}, {article of faith}].
Conviction (n.) (criminal law) A final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise" [syn: {conviction}, {judgment of conviction}, {condemnation}, {sentence}] [ant: {acquittal}].
Convictism (n.) The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements. "The evils of convictism." -- W. Howitt.
Convictism (n.) The system of establishing a settlement, esp in Australia, and then transporting convicts to this settlement for confinement.
Convictive (a.) Convincing. [R.]
The best and most convictive argument. -- Glanwill. -- Con*vict"ive*ly, adv. -- Con*vict"ive*ness, n.
Convinced (imp. & p. p.) of Convince.
Convincing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convince.
Convince (v. t.) 使確信，使信服；說服 [（+of）] [O5] [O2] To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master. [Obs.]
His two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail so convince That memory, the warder of the brain, Shall be a fume. -- Shak.
Convince (v. t.) To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof.
Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others. -- Atterbury.
Convince (v. t.) To confute; to prove the fallacy of. [Obs.]
God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. -- Bacon.
Convince (v. t.) To prove guilty; to convict. [Obs.]
Which of you convinceth me of sin? -- John viii. 46.
Seek not to convince me of a crime Which I can ne'er repent, nor you can pardon. -- Dryden.
Syn: To persuade; satisfy; convict.
Usage: To Convince, persuade. To convince is an act of the understanding; to persuade, of the will or feelings. The one is effected by argument, the other by motives. There are cases, however, in which persuade may seem to be used in reference only to the assent of the understanding; as when we say, I am persuaded it is so; I can not persuade myself of the fact. But in such instances there is usually or always a degree of awakened feeling which has had its share in producing the assent of the understanding.
Convince (v.) Make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product" [syn: convert, win over, convince].
Convinced (a.) Persuaded of; very sure; "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win" [syn: convinced(p), positive(p), confident(p)].
Convinced (a.) Having a strong belief or conviction; "a convinced and fanatical pacifist" [ant: unconvinced].
Convincement (n.) Act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction. [R.]
The fear of a convincement. -- Milton.
Convincer (n.) One who, or that which, convinces; one who wins over by proof.
Convincible (a.) Capable of being convinced or won over.
Convincible (a.) Capable of being confuted and disproved by argument; refutable. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Convincible (a.) Being susceptible to persuasion [syn: convincible, persuadable, persuasible, suasible].