Definitions for convince

convince con·vince

Spelling: [kuh n-vins]
IPA: /kənˈvɪns/

Convince is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 117 anagrams from letters in convince (cceinnov).

Definitions for convince

verb (used with object)

  1. to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action:
  2. to persuade; cajole:
  3. Obsolete. to prove or find guilty.
  4. Obsolete. to overcome; vanquish.

Origin of convince

1520-30; Latin convincere to prove (something) false or true, (somebody) right or wrong, equivalent to con- con- + vincere to overcome; see vict

Examples for convince

Whether or not Risner will be able to convince a federal judge that the U.S. should be held responsible, is another story.

Windich took some of the old dung with him to convince our companions that we had seen them.

But he was apparently able to convince even Larry la Roche by means of words.

(To Béralde) Will you let me convince you; and to show you at once how my mistress loves my master.

He says, he will convince you of his love by deeds, since he is not permitted by you to express it by words.

But I hope you will convince as well them as me of the contrary.

The only way to stop cops from killing young, unarmed black men is to convince Americans that their lives truly matter.

“As a teenager, I tried to convince myself I had imagined it,” wrote Bowman.

A visit to WoodRocket.com is enough to convince anyone of the truth in that.

Turkey is not the only country trying to convince the private sector that domestic violence is their problem, too.

Word Value for convince
Scrable

15

Words with friends

20

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