convincing

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CONVINCING, participle present tense 1. Persuading the mind by evidence; convicting. 2. adjective Persuading the mind by evidence; capable of subduing the opposition of the mind and compelling its assent. We have convincing proof of the truth of the scriptures, and of Gods moral government of the world.
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