CONVINCE, verb transitive [Latin , 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 18:28. 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 2:9. To convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds. Jude 1:15. 3. To envince; to prove. 4. To overpower; to surmount; to vanquish.
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