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convictive

British  
/ kənˈvɪktɪv /

adjective

  1. able or serving to convince or convict

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Confidence, not fear, is the keynote of a strong and convictive doctrine.

From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense

Asseverations were needless, where the frank manner of them both was convictive of the injurious nature of the suspicion.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles

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