convince.
To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
Meaning & usage
To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
I wouldn't have or do something, unless I'm convinced that it's good.
To persuade.
To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
To behave believably in a role; to make someone perceive oneself as the character being portrayed.
To confute; to prove wrong.
To prove guilty; to convict.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin convincō (“to refute, prove”), from con- + vincō (“to conquer, vanquish”). Doublet of convict. Displaced native Old English oferreċċan.
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