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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Having come thus far on the road to convincement, Broffin knew what he had to do and set about the doing of it methodically.
From The Price by Francis Lynde
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 John Yeardley
"They're all convincin' to a mind that's open to convincement, but I'd like to pick out the one that's most so."
From Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 by Various
Like her husband she had come into the Society by convincement; and like him she had partaken in a large degree of the paternal sympathy and oversight of Joseph Wood.
From Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel by John Yeardley
There were 121 new members from convincement and 61 resignations, against 31 disownments there were 19 reinstated.
From The Religious Life of London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
