convince
to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: Ample evidence convinced the jury of his guilt.A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
to persuade; cajole: We finally convinced them to have dinner with us.
Obsolete. to prove or find guilty.
Obsolete. to overcome; vanquish.
Origin of convince
1usage note For convince
Other words for convince
Other words from convince
- con·vinc·er, noun
- con·vin·ci·ble, adjective
- con·vinc·i·bil·i·ty [kuhn-vin-suh-bil-i-tee], /kənˌvɪn səˈbɪl ɪ ti/, noun
- pre·con·vince, verb (used with object), pre·con·vinced, pre·con·vinc·ing.
- re·con·vince, verb (used with object), re·con·vinced, re·con·vinc·ing.
- un·con·vin·ci·ble, adjective
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How to use convince in a sentence
Each year she was reconvinced that the pupils were beginning to learn more quickly.
Main Street | Sinclair Lewis
British Dictionary definitions for convince
/ (kənˈvɪns) /
(may take a clause as object) to make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; persuade
mainly US to persuade (someone) to do something
obsolete
to overcome
to prove guilty
Origin of convince
1usage For convince
Derived forms of convince
- convincement, noun
- convincer, noun
- convincible, adjective
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