convey
[kuhn-vey]
- to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- to communicate; impart; make known: to convey a wish.
- to lead or conduct, as a channel or medium; transmit.
- Law. to transfer; pass the title to.
- Archaic. steal; purloin.
- Obsolete. to take away secretly.
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Origin of convey
Synonyms
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.com1. move.
Synonym study
1. See carry.
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transmitbringsendtransferdiscloserevealcommunicateimparttellmovebackdispatchcarryleadgrantsupporthumplugforwardchannelExamples from the Web for conveys
Contemporary Examples
She conveys a genuine interest in music as music, not just as part of a larger spectacle.
Vanity Fair has chosen a glorious picture which conveys why Williams outclasses all male and female members of the list.
She conveys the ugliest things with matter-of-factness, helping to demystify death.
(Film can go there triumphantly…) Writing chases after the senses and conveys them in an altered form.
Susan Minot on Africa, Joseph Kony, and the Limits of Writing About LoveLea Carpenter
February 10, 2014
And really it is pretty difficult to slam the door on anything entertaining and lovely that conveys honestly the way we live now.
Historical Examples
It is hardly disagreeable, and conveys no sense of unhealthiness.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
A railroad four miles long, conveys the quartz from the lode to the mills.
Hittel on Gold Mines and MiningJohn S. Hittell
On the other hand, the "Yellow Dun" conveys no idea of any Sally.
Crocker's HoleR. D. Blackmore
We conceive, then, that it is the universal ether which conveys that light.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4)J. Arthur Thomson
Their general aspect, though, conveys the opposite impression.
In Eastern SeasJ. J. Smith
convey
- to take, carry, or transport from one place to another
- to communicate (a message, information, etc)
- (of a channel, path, etc) to conduct, transmit, or transfer
- law to transmit or transfer (the title to property)
- archaic to steal
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Word Origin
C13: from Old French conveier, from Medieval Latin conviāre to escort, from Latin com- with + via way
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Word Origin and History for conveys
convey
v.
c.1300, "to go along with;" late 14c., "to carry, transport;" from Anglo-French conveier, from Old French convoier "to escort" (Modern French convoyer), from Vulgar Latin *conviare "to accompany on the way," from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + via "way, road" (see via). It was a euphemism for "steal" 15c.-17c., which helped broaden its meaning. Related: Conveyed; conveying.
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