Definitions for convince
kənˈvɪnscon·vince

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. convert, win over, convinceverb

   make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something

   "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. convinceverb

   To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.

2. convinceverb

   To overcome, conquer, vanquish.

3. convinceverb

   To confute (someone); to prove (someone) wrong; to overcome (someone) in argument.

4. Etymology: From convincere, from con- + vinco.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To CONVINCEverb

   Etymology: convinco, Latin.

   1. To force another to acknowledge a contested position.

   That which I have all this while been endeavouring to convince men of, and to persuade them to, is no other but what God himself doth particularly recommend to us, as proper for human consideration. John Tillotson.

   But having shifted ev’ry form to ’scape,
   Convinc’d of conquest, he resum’d his shape. John Dryden, Virg.

   History is all the light we have in many cases, and we receive from it a great part of the useful truths we have, with a convincing evidence. John Locke.

   2. To convict; to prove guilty of.

   To convince all that are ungodly among them, of all their ungodly deeds. Jude 15.

   The discovery of a truth, formerly unknown, doth rather convince man of ignorance, than nature of errour. Walter Raleigh.

   O seek not to convince me of a crime,
   Which I can ne’er repent, nor can you pardon. Dryden.

   3. To evince; to prove; to manifest; to vindicate.

   Your Italy contains none so accomplished a courtier, to convince the honour of my mistress. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   4. To overpower; to surmount. This sense is now obsolete.

   There are a crew of wretched souls
   That stay his cure; their malady convinces
   The great essay of art. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Knaves be such abroad,
   Who having, by their own importunate suit,
   Or voluntary dotage of some mistress,
   Convinc’d or suppled them, they cannot chuse
   But they must blab. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   When Duncan is asleep, his two chamberlains
   Will I, with wine and wassel, so convince,
   That memory, the warder of the brain,
   Shall be a fume. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Convince

   Convince, also known as Bongo or Flenke, is a religion from eastern Jamaica. It has roots in Kumina and Jamaican Maroon religion.

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1. convince

   Convince is a verb that refers to the process of causing someone to believe firmly in the truth of something, persuading them to do something, or making them understand or realize the validity, truth, or importance of a particular concept, belief or idea.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Convinceverb

   to overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master

2. Convinceverb

   to overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof

3. Convinceverb

   to confute; to prove the fallacy of

4. Convinceverb

   to prove guilty; to convict

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Convince

   kon-vins′, v.t. to subdue the mind by evidence: to satisfy as to truth or error: (B.) to convict: to refute.—n. Convince′ment.—adjs. Convinc′ible; Convinc′ing, producing conviction.—adv. Convinc′ingly. [L. convincĕre, con, sig. completeness, and vincĕre, victum, to conquer.]

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1. Convince

   Convince vs. Persuade -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Convince and Persuade.

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'convince' in Verbs Frequency: #672

How to pronounce convince?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of convince in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of convince in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of convince in a Sentence

1. Alan Gottlieb:

   The intent of the new law is obviously to discourage teachers from having firearms to protect themselves and their students, Gottlieb said. But the law allows the school districts locally to make these decisions on their own. And maybe this new law will help convince school districts that they actually should make this decision on their own.

2. Heather Kerr:

   We are at a crossroads. If we don't take urgent steps to contain this, the outbreak might last another six months, if not the whole year, it is paramount to convince communities that Ebola is an urgent and real concern. People have disrupted funerals because they didn't believe the deceased had succumbed to the virus. Aid workers were threatened because it was believed they spread Ebola.

3. Kizzmekia Corbett:

   It's hard, especially from a funding perspective, to convince people with big pocketbooks... to say,' Maybe it might happen, maybe it won't, but we do need to put billions of dollars in that arena,'.

4. E. L. Doctorow:

   Had he said anything but what he said, had I been given the chance to change my mind, had he told me how much I was needed, had he tried to convince me that there was some attestable humanity in all of this, I would have stayed.

5. Jennifer Harris:

   It’s a two-part marketing strategy : companies convince the kids to pester their parents for the products, and then give the parents information to make them think that it’s ok to give in to their kids on this one.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=convince
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Convince
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=convince
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convince
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/convince
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=convince