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verb (used with object)
1.
to prove or declare guilty of an offense, especially 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.
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Convicting
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
adjective
5.
Archaic. convicted.
Origin:
1350–1400; (v.) Middle English convicten < Latin convictus past participle of convincere, equivalent to con- con- + vic- variant stem of vincere to overcome + -tus past participle suffix (see convince); (noun, adj.) Middle English convict, past participle of convicten (or directly < L)
1350–1400; (v.) Middle English convicten < Latin convictus past participle of convincere, equivalent to con- con- + vic- variant stem of vincere to overcome + -tus past participle suffix (see convince); (noun, adj.) Middle English convict, past participle of convicten (or directly < L)
Related forms
con·vict·a·ble, con·vict·i·ble, adjective
con·vic·tive, adjective
con·vic·tive·ly, adverb
half-con·vict·ed, adjective
pre·con·vict, verb (used with object)
EXPANDre·con·vict, verb (used with object)
self-con·vict·ed, adjective
un·con·vict·ed, adjective
un·con·vict·ing, adjective
un·con·vic·tive, adjective
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Word Origin & History
convict
mid-14c., from L. convictus, pp. of convincere (see convince). Replaced O.E. verb oferstælan. The noun is first attested late 15c., from the verb; slang shortening con is from 1893. Related: Convicted (p. adj., 1610s).
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