CONVICT, verb transitive [Latin , to vanquish or subdue. See Convince.] 1. To determine the truth of a charge against one; to prove or find guilty of a crime charged; to determine or decide to be guilty, as by the verdict of a jury, by confession, or other legal decision. The jury convicted the prisoner of felony. 2. To convince of sin; to prove or determine to be guilty, as by the conscience. They who heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one. John 8:9. 3. To confute; to prove or show to be false. 4. To show by proof or evidence. CONVICT, participle passive For convicted. Proved or found guilty. CONVICT, noun A person proved or found guilty of a crime alledged against him, either by the verdict of a jury or other legal decision.
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