Convince
21convince — verb Convince is used with these nouns as the object: ↑audience, ↑court, ↑investor, ↑judge, ↑jury, ↑sceptic, ↑voter …
22convince of — phr verb Convince of is used with these nouns as the object: ↑superiority …
23convince — v. 1) (D; tr.) to convince of (he convinced me of his sincerity) 2) (slightly colloq.) (AE) (H) we convinceed ( persuaded ) her to stay home 3) (L; must have an object) he convinced everyone that he was honest * * * [kən vɪns] (L; must have an… …
24convince — [[t]kənvɪ̱ns[/t]] ♦♦♦ convinces, convincing, convinced 1) VERB If someone or something convinces you of something, they make you believe that it is true or that it exists. [V n of n] Although I soon convinced him of my innocence, I think he still …
25convince — to compel by force Criminal slang: He knew exactly what methods Willi Kleiber would use to convince Colonel Pitman to open the safe. (Deighton, 1981) …
26convince — v Often convince of persuade, make [s.o.] see the light, bring [s.o.] to reason, talk [s.o.] into [s.t.], bring [s.o.] around or round, win [s.o.] over, sell [s.o.] on, Inf. jawbone; satisfy, assure, reassure, confirm [s.o.] of, prove to …
27convince to the contrary — index discourage, dissuade, expostulate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
28convince / persuade — Convince is to cause another to feel sure or believe something to be true: Well, Argyle Greenpasture has convinced me that aliens do exist. Persuade is to talk someone into doing something: Percy persuaded me to help him wash his car …
29convince / persuade — Convince is to cause another to feel sure or believe something to be true: Well, Argyle Greenpasture has convinced me that aliens do exist. Persuade is to talk someone into doing something: Percy persuaded me to help him wash his car …
30convince, persuade — The words are not quite the same. You convince someone that he should believe, but persuade him to act. It is possible to persuade a person to do something without convincing him of the correctness or necessity of doing it. A separate… …
