convince

Borrowed from Latin convincō (“I refute, prove”), from con- + vincō (“I conquer, vanquish”).

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈvɪns/

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• Rhymes: -ɪns

convince (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.

   I wouldn't have or do something, unless I'm convinced that it's good.

   • Atterbury

     Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others.

2. To persuade.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
   • Shakespeare

     His two chamberlains / Will I with wine and wassail so convince / That memory, the warder of the brain, / Shall be a fume.

4. (obsolete, transitive) To confute; to prove wrong.
   • Francis Bacon

     God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

5. (obsolete, transitive) To prove guilty; to convict.
   • Bible, John viii. 46

     Which of you convinceth me of sin?

   • Dryden

     Seek not to convince me of a crime / Which I can ne'er repent, nor you can pardon.

• persuade
• satisfy
• assure
• convert
• win over

convince

1. third-person singular present of convincere

convince

1. second-person singular present active imperative of convincō