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con⋅vict

[v., adj. kuhn-vikt; n. kon-vikt]
–verb (used with object)
1. to prove or declare guilty of an offense, esp. after a legal trial: to convict a prisoner of a felony.
2. to impress with a sense of guilt.
–noun
3. a person proved or declared guilty of an offense.
4. a person serving a prison sentence.
–adjective
5. Archaic. convicted.

Origin:
1350–1400; (v.) ME convicten < L convictus ptp. of convincere, equiv. to con- con- + vic- var. s. of vincere to overcome + -tus ptp. suffix (see convince ); (n., adj.) ME convict, ptp. of convicten (or directly < L)


con⋅vict⋅a⋅ble, con⋅vict⋅i⋅ble, adjective
con⋅vic⋅tive, adjective
con⋅vic⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
con·vict   (kən-vĭkt')   
v.   con·vict·ed, con·vict·ing, con·victs

v.   tr.
  1. Law To find or prove (someone) guilty of an offense or crime, especially by the verdict of a court: The jury convicted the defendant of manslaughter.
  2. To show or declare to be blameworthy; condemn: His remarks convicted him of a lack of sensitivity.
  3. To make aware of one's sinfulness or guilt.
v.   intr.
To return a verdict of guilty in a court: "We need jurors . . . who will not convict merely because they are suspicious" (Scott Turow).
n.   Law (kŏn'vĭkt')
  1. A person found or declared guilty of an offense or crime.
  2. A person serving a sentence of imprisonment.
adj.   Archaic
Found guilty; convicted.

[Middle English convicten, from Latin convincere, convict-; see convince.]

Convict

Con*vict"\, p.a. [L. convictus, p. p. of convincere to convict, prove. See Convice.] Proved or found guilty; convicted. [Obs.] --Shak.

Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. --Milton.

Convict

Con"vict\, n. 1. A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime.

2. A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.

Syn: Malefactor; culprit; felon; criminal.

Convict

Con*vict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Convicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Convicting.]

1. 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.

2. To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

3. 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.

4. To defeat; to doom to destruction. [Obs.]

A whole armado of convicted sail. --Shak.

Syn: To confute; defect; convince; confound.
Language Translation for : convict
Spanish: declarar culpable, condenar,
German: überführen,
Japanese: 有罪と宣告する

convict  (v.)
c.1340, from L. convictus, pp. of convincere (see convince). Replaced O.E. v. oferstælan. The noun is first attested c.1475, from the verb; slang shortening con is from 1893. Conviction "firm belief" is 1699.

Main Entry: 1con·vict
Pronunciation: k&n-'vikt
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Latin convictus past participle of convincere to find guilty, prove, from com- with, together + vincer to conquer
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Main Entry: 2con·vict
Pronunciation: 'kän-"vikt
Function: noun
: a person convicted of and serving a sentence for a crime
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