Definition for
convince
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To persuade or satisfy by argument or evidence; cause to believe in the truth of what is alleged; gain the credence of: as, to
– To evince; demonstrate; prove.
– To refute; show to be wrong.
– To overpower; conquer; vanquish.
– To convict; prove or find guilty.
– Synonyms Convince, Persuade. To convince a person is to satisfy his understanding as to the truth of a certain statement; to persuade him is, by derivation, to affect his will by motives; but it has long been used also for convince, as in Luke xx. 6, “they be persuaded that John was a prophet.” There is a marked tendency now to confine persuade to its own distinctive meaning.
transitive verb – To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master.
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