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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence. 2 To persuade. 3 (context obsolete transitive English) To overcome, conquer, vanquish. 4 (context obsolete transitive English) To confute; to prove ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a convincing win especially BrE (= a win by a large amount ) ▪ Scotland cruised to a convincing win over Ireland. a convincing/credible explanation (= one that you can believe is true ) ▪ The author fails to provide ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Convince \Con*vince"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Convinced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Convincing .] [L. convincere, -victum, to refute, prove; con- + vincere to conquer. See Victor , and cf. Convict .] To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master. [Obs.] His two chamberlains ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, "to overcome in argument," from Latin convincere "to overcome decisively," from com- , intensive prefix (see com- ), + vincere "to conquer" (see victor ). Meaning "to firmly persuade" is from c.1600. Related: Convinced ; convincing ; convincingly ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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 ]
Usage examples of convince.
Conditions were eroding so rapidly that by August, the second CIA station chief was already convinced that he needed to issue his first aardwolf to warn Washington.
When Abraham decided to bring Elizabeth home to meet his sickly mother, half expecting her disapproval, but hoping that by convincing her of his happiness she would understand his desire to marry a gentile, he went to see his father.
Had the circumstances been happier, Ada thought, this would have been like the hair contest, a game of dress-up against which they might wager to see who could accouter herself most convincing as a man.
A number of aces came forward to support this explanation, but the public does not seem convinced.
The Warrens were among those who had adamantly opposed the Constitution, convinced it would only encourage speculation and vice.
Warrens were among those who had adamantly opposed the Constitution, convinced it would only encourage speculation and vice.
Close study of the facts had convinced Adams of the innocence of the soldiers.
Genet, who tried tactfully to convince Adams he would do better with his French readers if he were not quite so long-winded.
The more Adams thought about the future of his country, the more convinced he became that it rested on education.
Convinced that Adams was deliberately withholding information favorable to the French, Republicans in and out of Congress began insisting that the documents be made available at once.
CONVINCED he could run the government as well from Quincy as at Philadelphia, Adams stretched his stay at home from late March to September, fully seven months.
To achieve this psychological cyclisation and make it aesthetically convincing, the old ways of linking the stories had to be abandoned and a new method had to be found to make the whole composition of the cycle perfectly natural and motivated.
Since being brought in he had gone over the scene again and again, and was slowly convincing himself that it had been a hallucination.
Captain Steve was convinced that we might hook a marlin or at least a big ahi at any moment, and he wanted to be at the controls when it happened.
I found it difficult to accept myself, but Alim has convinced me that we must.