Convince /(?)/

Con·vince

Convince

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Convinced; p. pr. & vb. n. Convincing

  1. To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master. [Obs.]
    His two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail so convince That memory, the warder of the brain, Shall be a fume.
  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.
  3. To confute; to prove the fallacy of. [Obs.]
    God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
  4. To prove guilty; to convict. [Obs.]
    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.