Convince
31convince, persuade — Although often used interchangeably, the words are not quite the same. Briefly, 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… …
32convince, persuade — Although often used interchangeably, the words are not quite the same. Briefly, 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… …
33convince, persuade — These words are related in meaning but do have different uses. Convince means to satisfy the understanding of someone about the truth of a statement or situation : Johnny convinced me by quoting exact figures. Persuade suggests winning over… …
34convince — verb /kənˈvɪns/ To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence. Syn: persuade, satisfy, assure, convert, win over …
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37convince — Synonyms and related words: argue into, assure, be convincing, bring around, bring home to, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, captivate, carry conviction, charm, con, convert, convict, draw, draw over, drive home to, evangelize, gain,… …
38convince — Used in AV (as John 8:46) for convict (NRSV, NJB, and REB) and in John 16:8, where NRSV and REB use ‘prove wrong’ …
39convince — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. persuade, satisfy. See belief. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. prove, prove to, persuade, induce, establish, satisfy, assure, demonstrate, argue into, change, convert, sway, effect, overcome, turn, bring… …
40convince — [16] Latin convincere meant originally ‘overcome decisively’ (it was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com and vincere ‘defeat’, source of English victory). It branched out semantically to ‘overcome in argument’, ‘prove to be false …
