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CONVINCE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something

Example:

He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product

Synonyms:

convert; convince; win over

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "convince" is one way to...):

persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "convince"):

disarm (make less hostile; win over)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They convince him to write the letter

Derivation:

convincible (being susceptible to persuasion)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The context convinces me, however, that you have sinned rather through ignorance and tactlessness than through malice, so I am content to pass the matter by.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And if sight alone were not sufficient, the cry of rage the intruder gave, beginning with a snarl and rushing abruptly upward into a hoarse screech, was convincing enough in itself.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

And Amy, who was very dignified in public and very fond in private, gave convincing proofs of the truth of her words.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I need to convince you to proceed slowly because during Mercury retrograde you will tend to rush, and you might find you are more forgetful or that your judgment is off.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Two independent teams of astronomers have used ALMA to uncover convincing evidence that three young planets are in orbit around the infant star HD 163296.

(ALMA Discovers Trio of Infant Planets around Newborn Star, ESO)

I'm not asking about mere suspiciousness; I am interested if the patient is convinced that these things are happening to him/her.

(NPI - Have Beliefs That You Know are Not True, NCI Thesaurus)

No sooner did that idea cross my imagination, than I became convinced of its truth; my teeth chattered, and I was forced to lean against a tree for support.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The farmer, by this time, was convinced I must be a rational creature.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

He was firmly convinced of it as he read the poems over.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Knights and archers sprang to arms, convinced that some great host was upon them; but the guide dropped upon his knees and thanked Heaven for its mercies.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)