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con⋅vey

[kuhn-vey]
–verb (used with object)
1. to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
2. to communicate; impart; make known: to convey a wish.
3. to lead or conduct, as a channel or medium; transmit.
4. Law. to transfer; pass the title to.
5. Archaic. steal; purloin.
6. Obsolete. to take away secretly.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME conveyen < AF conveier < VL *conviāre, equiv. to con- con- + -viāre, deriv. of via way; see via


con⋅vey⋅a⋅ble, adjective


1. move. See carry.
con·vey   (kən-vā')   
tr.v.   con·veyed, con·vey·ing, con·veys
  1. To take or carry from one place to another; transport.
  2. To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit: wires that convey electricity.
  3. To communicate or make known; impart: "a look intended to convey sympathetic comprehension" (Saki).
  4. Law To transfer ownership of or title to.
  5. Archaic To steal.

[Middle English conveien, from Old French conveier, from Medieval Latin conviāre, to escort : Latin com-, com- + via, way; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]
con·vey'a·ble adj.
Synonyms: These verbs refer to movement from one place to another. Convey often implies continuous, regular movement or flow: Pipelines convey water.
The word also means to serve as a medium for delivery or transmission: A fleet of trucks will convey the produce to the market.
Carry often means to support something while moving: The train carries baggage, mail, and passengers.
The term can also refer to conveyance through a channel or medium: Nerve cells carry and receive nervous impulses.
Bear strongly suggests the effort of supporting an important burden: The envoy bore the sad news.
Transport is largely limited to the movement over a considerable distance: Huge tankers are used to transport oil.
Transmit refers to passing along, sending, or communicating something: Please transmit the stock certificates by special messenger.
The word also means to serve as a medium for the movement of physical phenomena such as light, electricity, or sound: "The motion is transmitted from particle to particle, to a great distance" (Thomas H. Huxley).

Convey

Con*vey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conveyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Conveying.] [OF. conveir, convoier, to escort, convoy, F. convoyer, LL. conviare, fr. L. con- + via way. See Viaduct, Voyage, and cf. Convoy.]

1. To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.

I will convey them by sea in fleats. --1 Kings v. 9.

Convey me to my bed, then to my grave. --Shak.

2. 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.

3. 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.

The Earl of Desmond . . . secretly conveyed all his lands to feoffees in trust. --Spenser.

4. To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to convey information.

Men fill one another's heads with noise and sound, but convey not thereby their thoughts. --Locke.

5. To manage with privacy; to carry out. [Obs.]

I . . . will convey the business as I shall find means. --Shak.

6. To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve. [Obs.]

7. To accompany; to convoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Syn: To carry; transport; bear; transmit; trnsfer.

Convey

Con*vey"\, v. i. To play the thief; to steal. [Cant]

But as I am Crack, I will convey, crossbite, and cheat upon Simplicius. --Marston.
Language Translation for : convey
Spanish: transportar, llevar,
German: befördern,
Japanese: 運ぶ

convey 
c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. conveier, from O.Fr. convoier "to escort," from V.L. *conviare "to accompany on the way," from L. com- "together" + via "way, road." It was a euphemism for "steal" 15c.-17c., which helped broaden its meaning.

Main Entry: con·vey
Pronunciation: k&n-'vA
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: con·veyed; con·vey·ing
: to transfer or transmit (property or property rights) to another esp. by a writing (as a deed or will) convey to the estate his Manhattan town house —Railroad H. Jensen> —compare ALIENATE, DEVISE, DONATE, GIVE, GRANT, SELLcon·vey·ee /k&n-"vA-'E/ nouncon·vey·or /k&n-'vA-&r/ noun
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