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What does convince mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word convince? Here's what it means.

Verb
  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. (obsolete, transitive) To confute; to prove wrong.
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To prove guilty; to convict.
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We must convince our legislators to place roadblocks in the almost criminal misuse of American jurisprudence.
They had no weight or influence in society to convince them of any falsehood that it would replace what was true.
But how to convince those who regard it as an ugly and brutal activity that it merits wider public acclaim?
We hope still to be able to convince our colleagues that on balance the agreement is not a good one.
Unfortunately my attempts to convince my father were waylaid by my mother, who chose that moment to walk in.
I never try to convince my body that it should be sleeping when it knows better.

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