Word Finder - convince

definition

To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.

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I wouldn't have or do something, unless I'm convinced that it's good.

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To persuade.

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To overcome, conquer, vanquish.

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To confute; to prove wrong.

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To prove guilty; to convict.

Yes, I need to convince her to accept me.

None of them had been able to convince her to wait until the estate was settled.

He might object to you, but I can convince him to take you.

She tried hard to convince herself that she was misreading Wynn.

Being underground meant he was a much harder target to hit, yet despite his attempts to convince his brother to act likewise, he'd not yet succeeded.

My goal is not to convince people that the world will be perfect in the future.

When you're sheriff you can contact all the West coast authorities and try and convince them to chase your bones.

It took me some time to convince Mr. Hardy you were the best painter in the area for his Cannery Row project.

I guess I'd try to convince Quinn to let us use his stuff.

What will it take for me to convince you?

If only she could convince him.

The way he kissed her and the way his gaze lingered on her every time they spoke was more than enough to convince her he was attracted to her.

Every year I come out here and try to convince him to get with the times, but it's to no avail.

He tried to convince himself the reason was the burden she carried with her mother's illness, but deep down, he knew that was only partially true.

Come on, I think you've seen enough to convince yourself that I have a valid point when I say it's dangerous to wander in the woods.

The only reason Alex was here right now was to help Katie run the farm - and maybe convince her to go back to Houston with him.

Nothing you do will convince me.

You want me to convince her?

Lori, you might be able to convince the police that you didn't intend for him to hurt anyone, physically.

Of course, once she had convinced everyone else what a foolish move it would be, how was she going to convince herself that she didn't need Brandon in her life?

She couldn't run, couldn't move and she tried hard to convince herself to pass out as the garage door was wrenched open.

I tried to convince myself it didn't matter, but it does.

I just wish I could convince him to talk to her.

The Ice Lady, Linda Segal, was going full bore at the Sentinel, trying to convince her reading public that the poor lad might have been saved had the local police properly conducted the search for the missing boy in a timely fashion.

Maybe she could convince her father to repay the money she had put into the ranch – if he hadn't already spent it.

Jackson knew she would not move on this today, but he had a month to convince her, so let it go.

It is not to be supposed that Satan would convince men of sin or awaken the conscience.

Only by watching closely moment by moment the movement of that flow and comparing it with the movement of the ship do we convince ourselves that every bit of it is occasioned by the forward movement of the ship, and that we were led into error by the fact that we ourselves were imperceptibly moving.

Leah tried to convince her niece to get in the pool, but the young girl adamantly refused.

After Dumbledore arrives and has a word with his aunt and uncle, Harry is taken first to the home of a former Hogwarts teacher whom Dumbledore hopes Harry will be able to convince to return to the school.

He gives enough technical detail to convince me he knows what he is talking about and has actually done IT himself.

You will need to convince funders why they should support you.

In order to save the boy he must convince the other jurors to change their hasty decision.

Right you convince in exotic locales within two opaque.

In my previous review I hinted at his sexual preference, which still does well here to convince me of the fact.

They must first convince a Swiss judge that you have committed a serious crime punishable by the Swiss Penal Code.

There are better ways for the industry to convince the radio stations than to impose quotas on them.

An old rainmaker comes through town, but he is through with that trade, can Pete convince him to do his stuff?

Meg cannot convince Bea not to take reprisals for the attack on her.

Campaign is a that will yield filet mignon sirloins would always convince.

And he always tries to make his case with modesty and thoughtfulness, the best way to convince a skeptic.

Her conduct as well as her words will convince the unbelievers and put their ignorance and stupidity to silence.

The Chancellor must convince skeptical voters that the fruits of the strong economy have not been squandered.

I could not quite convince myself that there was much world left, for I regarded Boston as the beginning and the end of creation.

To convince myself of this I do not lift it the next moment.

We hope these images will help convince the government of the urgent need for a national network of refuges for young runaways.

Any IRA statement pledging to renounce violence was insufficient in itself to convince unionist parties to share power with Sinn Fein, he said.

My admonitory tone of voice failed to convince my teenager to clean his room, so I grounded him for the weekend.

You convince yourself that if you can raise x dollars, you'll have what you need to create the breakthrough you crave.

You may even be able to convince the salesperson to let you put the record on in the shop for a listen.