convince
verb (used with object)
to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action.
convincement
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a word derived from
convince.
Example Sentences
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But against this dutiful convincement there was a rebellious hope that Winton would not allow himself to be beaten; or, rather, it was a feeling that she would never forgive him if he should.
From A Fool for Love by Lynde, Francis
Griswold had not deceived himself, nor had he allowed Margery's apparent convincement to deceive him.
From The Price by Lynde, Francis
The sudden convincement stung a little, the all-monopolizing selfishness of the craftsman carrying easily over into the field of sentiment.
From The Price by Lynde, Francis
Flora had explained!--to both sides, in opposite ways, eagerly, tenderly, over and over, with moist eyes, yet ever with a cunning lameness that kept convincement misled and without foothold.
From Kincaid's Battery by Kimball, Alonzo
They found "several meetings chiefly composed of such as had joined the Society on the ground of convincement, mostly in places where no ministering Friend resided."
From Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel by Yeardley, John
