Word Meanings - CONVINCER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who, or that which, convinces; one who wins over by proof.

Related words: (words related to CONVINCER)

• PROOF-PROOF
  Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong. "That might have shown to any one who was not proof-proof." Whateley.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• PROOF
  A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet. (more info) 1. Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
• PROOF-ARM
  To arm with proof armor; to arm securely; as, to proof-arm herself. Beau. & Fl.
• PROOFLESS
  Wanting sufficient evidence to induce belief; not proved. Boyle. -- Proof"less*ly, adv.
• SELF-REPROOF
  The act of reproving one's self; censure of one's conduct by one's own judgment.
• HIGH-PROOF
  1. Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits. 2. So as to stand any test. "We are high-proof melancholy." Shak.
• PLOT-PROOF
  Secure against harm by plots. Shak.
• DISPROOF
  A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement. I need not offer anything farther in support of one, or in disproof of the other. Rogers.
• BULLET-PROOF
  Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. Bullet tree. See Bully tree. -- Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree.
• STARPROOF
  Impervious to the light of the stars; as, a starproof elm. Milton.
• WATERPROOF
  Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.
• BOMBPROOF
  Secure against the explosive force of bombs. -- n.
• WEATHERPROOF
  Proof against rough weather.
• SHELLPROOF
  Capable of resisting bombs or other shells; bombproof.
• BEAD PROOF
  1. Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters. 2. A degree of
• SUNPROOF
  Impervious to the rays of the sun. "Darksome yew, sunproof." Marston.
• APPROOF
  1. Trial; proof. Shak. 2. Approval; commendation. Shak.
• REPROOF
  1. Refutation; confutation; contradiction. 2. An expression of blame or censure; especially, blame expressed to the face; censure for a fault; chiding; reproach. Those best can bear reproof who merit praise. Pope. Syn. -- Admonition; reprehension;
• WARPROOF
  Valor tried by war.
• OVERPROOF
  Containing more alcohol than proof spirit; stronger than proof spirit; that is, containing more than 49.3 per cent by weight of alcohol.