convince
IPA: kʌnvˈɪns
verb
- To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
- To persuade.
- (obsolete, transitive) To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
- (obsolete, transitive) To confute; to prove wrong.
- (obsolete, transitive) To prove guilty; to convict.
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Examples of "convince" in Sentences
- The unwholesome foursome were not convinced.
- I'm convinced academics are timorous people.
- Sometimes the hardest person to convince is myself.
- He was particularly convinced by the reasoning of the Revd.
- By this time, Napoleon himself was convinced of their perfidy.
- The committee was not convinced and the investigation continued.
- I was sure I could never again convince anyone that my IQ was actually higher than the room temperature.
- I. vii.64 (432,5) Will I with wine and wassel so convince] To _convince_ is in Shakespeare to _overpower_ or _subdue_, as in this play,
- We cannot let Dr. Griffin convince us that even if we don’t like her style she’s the only one who can change things, because clearly things are getting worse, not better.
- Proving himself a regular in a side that hopes to challenge for Champions League qualification and, ultimately, the title should convince the winger that he can also flourish at international level.
- But convict or convince is the thing intended; and as the one expresses the work of the Spirit on the unbelieving portion of mankind, and the other on the believing, it is better not to restrict it to either.
- An illusion that won't convince is a palpable lie, and that's what grand opera is to me when little Barillo throws a fit, clutches mighty Tetralani in his arms (also in a fit), and tells her how passionately he adores her.
- Additionally, please post more horse ***** by this ***** who tried to convince us that the English words sun and son have had shared literal meanings among languages where the phonetics of the two words were completely ***** different.
- As if he had said, "O ye Corinthians, to whom I am now writing, I would fain convince you how well I love you: we are desirous to promote the spiritual and eternal welfare of all to whom we preach, yet our mouth is open unto you, and our heart is enlarged unto you, in a special manner."