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convinced

[ kuhn-vinst ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

moved by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action:
By the age of fifteen, after reading Marx, Engels, and Lenin, he was a convinced communist.
persuaded to do something by being cajoled, manipulated, coaxed, etc.:
Those expensive bells and whistles are just cosmetic features to woo the easily convinced buyer.

First recorded in 1630–40; convince ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; convince ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

When we meet them, their lives are unfulfilled, and at no point are we convinced their condition will change.

They eye the door anxiously, convinced that at any moment, a Pakistani or Iranian intelligence officer will come barging in.

Just that awareness and fear too now so that I was convinced I could not speak.

A minute ago I was convinced this wasn't going to work, and now I can feel a script forming.

He and Jessen convinced a stunned and desperate CIA that they were the ones to run a new interrogation program.

In his own person, he was now convinced of the truth of his father's charge against this once beloved Wharton.

Harris convinced himself it was the effect of a shadow cast by the lamp they had just passed on the wall.

No other remedy remained but the application of force, and convinced of this, it had recourse to revolution.

We are now so thoroughly convinced of the superiority of these engines that I have just begun another of larger size.

For my part I am not convinced on this head; but am still of opinion that the result on trial will be found nearly the same.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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