convince
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Is convince a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (obsolete, transitive) To overcome, conquer, vanquish.Examples: "[…]his two Chamberlaines / Will I with Wine, and Waſſell, ſo conuince, / That Memorie, the Warder of the Braine, / Shall be a Fume,[…]"obsoletetransitive
2. (acting) To behave believably in a role; to make someone perceive oneself as the character being portrayed.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To confute; to prove wrong.Examples: "For hee mightily conuinced the Iewes, and that publikely, shewing by the scriptures, that Iesus was Christ."; "And therfore, God neuer wrought Miracle, to conuince Atheiſme, becauſe his Ordinary Works conuince it."obsoletetransitive
4. (obsolete, transitive) To prove guilty; to convict.Examples: "Which of you conuinceth mee of ſinne?"; "O ſeek not to convince me of a Crime / Which I can ne'er repent, nor can you pardon."obsoletetransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary