CONVINCE, v.t. [L., to vanquish.] 1. To persuade or satisfy the mind by evidence; to subdue the opposition of the mind to truth, or to what is alledged, and compel it to yield its assent; as, to convince a man of his errors; or to convince him of the truth.For he mightily convinced the Jews--showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ. Acts 18. 2. To convict; to prove guilty; to constrain one to admit or acknowledge himself to be guilty.If ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of [by] the law as transgressors. James 2.To convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds. Jude 15.3. To envince; to prove.4. To overpower; to surmount; to vanquish.
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