convey

[kuhn-vey]

verb (used with object)

1. to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.

   Synonyms: move

2. to communicate; impart; make known.

   to convey a wish.

3. to lead or conduct, as a channel or medium; transmit

4. Law.,  to transfer; pass the title to.

5. Archaic.,  steal; purloin.

6. Obsolete.,  to take away secretly.

convey

/ kənˈveɪ /

verb

1. to take, carry, or transport from one place to another

2. to communicate (a message, information, etc)

3. (of a channel, path, etc) to conduct, transmit, or transfer

4. law to transmit or transfer (the title to property)

5. archaic,  to steal

Other Word Forms

• conveyable adjective
• preconvey verb (used with object)

Word History and Origins

Origin of convey¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English conveyen, from Anglo-French conveier, from unattested Vulgar Latin conviāre, equivalent to con- “with, together, completely” + -viāre, derivative of via “way”; con- ( def. ), via ( def. )

Word History and Origins

Origin of convey¹

C13: from Old French conveier, from Medieval Latin conviāre to escort, from Latin com- with + via way

Synonym Study

See carry.

Related Words

• communicate 
• disclose 
• impart 
• pass on 
• reveal 
• send 
• tell 
• transmit