Word Meanings - CONVINCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master. His two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail so convince That memory, the warder of the brain, Shall be a fume. Shak. 2. To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy

Additional info about word: CONVINCE

1. To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master. His two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail so convince That memory, the warder of the brain, Shall be a fume. Shak. 2. To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof. Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others. Atterbury. 3. To confute; to prove the fallacy of. God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. Bacon. 4. To prove guilty; to convinct. Which of you convinceth me of sin John viii. 46. Seek not to convince me of a crime Which I can ne'er repent, nor you can pardon. Dryden. Syn. -- To persuade; satisfy; convict. -- To Convince, persuade. To convince is an act of the understanding; to persuade, of the will or feelings. The one is effected by argument, the other by motives. There are cases, however, in which persuade may seem to be used in reference only to the assent of the understanding; as when we say, I am persuaded it is so; I can not persuade myself of the fact. But in such instances there is usually or always a degree of awakened feeling which has had its share in producing the assent of the understanding.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CONVINCE)

• Assure
• Advise
• advertise
• promise
• inform
• rally
• console
• encourage
• countenance
• aid
• support
• convince
• uphold
• certify
• Persuade
• Induce
• influence
• incline
• dispose
• urge
• allure
• incite
• Satisfy
• Satiate
• content
• sate
• please
• fill
• gratify
• suffice
• recompense
• compensate
• remunerate
• indemnify
• assure
• meet
• fulfil

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of CONVINCE)

• Oppose
• confront
• discourage
• discountenance
• browbeat
• Trend
• diverge
• ascend
• deter
• rise
• indispose
• disincline
• Slave
• prevent
• dissuade
• Compliment
• flatter
• panegyrize
• eulogize
• Drop
• betray
• surrender
• abandon
• discontinue
• oppose
• weaken
• exhaust
• thwart
• disfavor
• subvert
• suppress

Related words: (words related to CONVINCE)

• INFORMITY
  Want of regular form; shapelessness.
• DISPOSEMENT
  Disposal. Goodwin.
• FLATTER
  1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens. A flat-faced fulling hammer. A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.
• ASSURER
  1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy.
• SUPPORTABLE
  Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
• ASCENDANCY; ASCENDANCE
  See ASCENDENCY
• INDUCER
  One who, or that which, induces or incites.
• CONTENTMENT
  1. The state of being contented or satisfied; content. Contentment without external honor is humility. Grew. Godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Tim. vi. 6. 2. The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice
• CONFRONT
  1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness. We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit. Shak. He spoke and then confronts the bull. Dryden. Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew
• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
• SUPPORTATION
  Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon.
• PERSUADER
  One who, or that which, persuades or influences. "Powerful persuaders." Milton.
• CONTENTLY
  In a contented manner.
• INFORMOUS
  Of irregular form; shapeless. Sir T. Browne.
• PERSUADED
  Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced. -- Per*suad"ed*ly, adv. -- Per*suad"ed*ness, n.
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• ENCOURAGER
  One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.
• DISCONTINUE
  To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school
• CONFRONTATION
  Act of confronting. H. Swinburne.
• ASCENDENCY
  Governing or controlling influence; domination; power. An undisputed ascendency. Macaulay. Custom has an ascendency over the understanding. Watts. Syn. -- Control; authority; influence; sway; dominion; prevalence; domination.
• IMPREVENTABLE
  Not preventable; invitable.
• COMPROMISE
  promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to 1. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators. Burrill. 2. A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both
• WELL-INFORMED
  Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnished with authentic knowledge; intelligent.
• MISADVISE
  To give bad counsel to.
• UNPROMISE
  To revoke or annul, as a promise. Chapman.
• SUTURALLY
  In a sutural manner.