convincest

Verb

convince (third-person singular simple present convinces, present participle convincing, simple past and past participle convinced)

1. 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.

   Synonyms:

   assure, convert, convict, satisfy

2. To persuade.

   Synonyms:

   win over, bring round, convict, draw, gain over, persuade, pimp, prevail upon, procure, push

3. (obsolete, transitive) To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
   • […]his two Chamberlaines / Will I with Wine, and Waſſell, ſo conuince, / That Memorie, the Warder of the Braine, / Shall be a Fume,[…]c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

   Synonyms:

   beat, bring down, chew up, eat someone for breakfast, eat someone's lunch, flog, humble, kick ass, malavogue, murdelize

4. To behave believably in a role; to make someone perceive oneself as the character being portrayed.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To confute; to prove wrong.
   • For hee mightily conuinced the Iewes, and that publikely, shewing by the scriptures, that Iesus was Christ.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 18:28

   Synonyms:

   debunk, disprove, rebut, refute

6. (obsolete, transitive) To prove guilty; to convict.
   • Which of you conuinceth mee of ſinne?1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 8:46, column 1