Definition of "convince"

convince

/kənˈvɪns/

verb
third-person singular simple present convinces, present participle convincing, simple past and past participle convinced
1. To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
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  Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others.
  1718, Francis Atterbury, sermon preached on Easter Day at Westminster Abbey
2. To persuade.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
  Quotations
  […] his two Chamberlaines / Will I with Wine, and Waſſell, ſo conuince, / That Memorie, the Warder of the Braine, / Shall be a Fume, […]
  c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene vii], page 135
4. (obsolete, transitive) To confute; to prove wrong.
  Quotations
  And therfore, God neuer wrought Miracle, to conuince Atheiſme, becauſe his Ordinary Works conuince it.
  1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Atheisme. XVI.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, page 90
5. (obsolete, transitive) To prove guilty; to convict.
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  Which of you conuinceth mee of ſinne?
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], John 8:46, column 1
  O ſeek not to convince me of a Crime / Which I can ne'er repent, nor can you pardon.
  1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], Act II, page 18

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