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Convince v. t. (past & past part. convinced; pres. part. convincing)

1.

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."

2.

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."

3.

To confute; to prove the fallacy of. (Obs.) "God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it."

4.

To prove guilty; to convict. (Obs.) "Which of you convinceth me of sin?" "Seek not to convince me of a crime Which I can ne'er repent, nor you can pardon."

Synonyms: To persuade; satisfy; convict. 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.

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"Convince" Quotes from Famous Books

... having got up at six to make a water-colour sketch of the sunrise, she came to me in profound indignation to say that she had met a man in his pyjamas; no doubt; poor wretch, on his way to be shaved. I was unable to convince her he was not expected to visit the barber ...

— The Pool in the Desert • Sara Jeannette Duncan

... journey, and on their arrival, Thibault omitted no act of tenderness, to convince the Princess she was still as dear to him as ever; but finding all his protestations in vain, and that she concealed a dagger in the bed one night with an intent to assassinate him, he took a separate apartment, ...

— The Princess of Ponthieu - (in) The New-York Weekly Magazine or Miscellaneous Repository • Unknown

... cliff, however, was sufficient to convince Tad of the correctness of the Indian's judgment. He found himself gazing down into one of those deep canyons that had been cut through the mountains by water ...

— The Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks • Frank Gee Patchin

... Gypsy with him. A moment's reflection seemed to convince Winnie that his company was not wanted, and he disappeared ...

— Gypsy Breynton • Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

... voyage. He had been scorned as an adventurer by the courtiers of Lisbon, mocked as a visionary by the learned priests of the Council in Salamanca, who, with texts from the Scriptures and quotations from the saints, had tried to convince him that the world was flat; he had been pointed at by the rabble in the streets as a madman who maintained that there was a land where the people walked with their heads down; and, after months of trial, ...

— The History of Puerto Rico - From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation • R.A. Van Middeldyk

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