conveying

[kuhn-vey]

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.
EXPAND
6.
Obsolete. to take away secretly.
COLLAPSE

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English conveyen < Anglo-French conveier < Vulgar Latin *conviāre, equivalent to con- con- + -viāre, derivative of via way; see via

con·vey·a·ble, adjective
pre·con·vey, verb (used with object)
qua·si-con·veyed, adjective
well-con·veyed, adjective


1. move. See carry.

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Conveying is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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conveying

noun
act of transferring property title from one person to another [syn: conveyance
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