convince

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
  2. To persuade.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
  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.
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To prove guilty; to convict.

Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/kənˈvɪns/
Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Latin convincō (“I refute, prove”), from con- + vincō (“I conquer, vanquish”). Doublet of convict. Displaced native Old English oferreċċan.

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