"convince" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /kənˈvɪns/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-convince.ogg Forms: convinces [present, singular, third-person], convincing [participle, present], convinced [participle, past], convinced [past]
Rhymes: -ɪns Etymology: Borrowed from Latin convincō (“I refute, prove”), from con- + vincō (“I conquer, vanquish”). Doublet of convict. Displaced native Old English oferreċċan. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyk-|id=contain}}, {{bor|en|la|convincō|t=I refute, prove}} Latin convincō (“I refute, prove”), {{doublet|en|convict}} Doublet of convict, {{ncog|ang|oferreċċan}} Old English oferreċċan Head templates: {{en-verb}} convince (third-person singular simple present convinces, present participle convincing, simple past and past participle convinced)
  1. To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence. Translations (to make someone believe, or feel sure about something): πείθω (peíthō) (Ancient Greek), أَقْنَعَ (ʔaqnaʕa) (Arabic), أَقْنَعَ (ʔagnaʕ) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), أَقْنَعَ (ʔaqnaʕ) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), համոզել (hamozel) (Armenian), convencer (Asturian), inandırmaq (Azerbaijani), konbentzitu (Basque), запэ́ўніваць (zapéŭnivacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), запэ́ўніць (zapéŭnicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), убеждавам (ubeždavam) (Bulgarian), убедя́ (ubedjá) [perfective] (Bulgarian), convèncer (Catalan), 說服 (Chinese Mandarin), 说服 (shuōfú) (Chinese Mandarin), přesvědčit (Czech), overbevise (Danish), overtale (Danish), overtyde (Danish), overtuigen (Dutch), konvinki (Esperanto), veenma (Estonian), vakuuttaa (Finnish), convaincre (French), persuader (French), დარწმუნება (darc̣muneba) (Georgian), überzeugen (German), πείθω (peítho) (Greek), שכנע (shikhnéa) (Hebrew), meggyőz (Hungarian), sannfæra (Icelandic), convincere (Italian), 説得する (settoku-surú) (alt: せっとくする) (Japanese), 納得させる (nattoku-saseru) (Japanese), 自覚させる (jikaku-saseru) (Japanese), ប្រលោម (prɑlaom) (Khmer), អន្ទង (ɑntɔɔŋ) (Khmer), បញ្ចុះបញ្ចូល (bɑɲcoh bɑɲcool) (Khmer), 납득시키다 (napdeuksikida) (Korean), 확신시키다 (hwaksinsikida) (Korean), 설득하다 (seoldeukhada) (Korean), persuadere (Latin), sibi persuasum habere (english: to have oneself convinced) (Latin), convinco (Latin), pārliecināt (Latvian), убедува (ubeduva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), убеди (ubedi) [perfective] (Macedonian), ikkonvinċa (Maltese), whakapakepake (Maori), whakakīkī (Maori), whakawhere (Maori), итгүүлэх (itgüülex) (Mongolian), үнэмшүүлэх (ünemšüülex) (Mongolian), overbevise (Norwegian Bokmål), oferreccan (Old English), oferstǣlan (Old English), przekonywać [imperfective] (Polish), przekonać [perfective] (Polish), convencer (Portuguese), convinge (Romanian), cunventscher (Romansch), conventscher (Romansch), persvader (Romansch), parschuader (Romansch), убежда́ть (ubeždátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), убеди́ть (ubedítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), cumbínchere (Sardinian), cumbinci (Sardinian), cumbínghere (Sardinian), cunvinci (Sardinian), cunvínciri (Sardinian), у̀вјерити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), убе́дити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ùvjeriti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ubéditi [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), cunvìnciri (Sicilian), cummìnciri (Sicilian), presvedčiť [perfective] (Slovak), prepríčati (Slovene), convencer (Spanish), övertyga (Swedish), నమ్మించు (nammiñcu) (Telugu), ఒప్పించు (oppiñcu) (Telugu), ikna etmek (Turkish), переко́нувати (perekónuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), перекона́ти (perekonáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), convinçer (Venetan), convinser (Venetan), convinçar (Venetan), thuyết phục (Vietnamese)
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  2. To persuade.
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  3. (obsolete, transitive) To overcome, conquer, vanquish. Tags: obsolete, transitive
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  4. (obsolete, transitive) To confute; to prove wrong. Tags: obsolete, transitive
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  5. (obsolete, transitive) To prove guilty; to convict. Tags: obsolete, transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: persuade, satisfy, assure, convert, win over Derived forms: convinceable, convincement, convincer, unconvince Related terms: convict, conviction, convincible, convincingly, reconvince

Inflected forms

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          "text": "I wouldn't have or do something, unless I'm convinced that it's good.",
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          "ref": "1718, Francis Atterbury, sermon preached on Easter Day at Westminster Abbey:",
          "text": "Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others.",
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          "roman": "ʔaqnaʕa",
          "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
          "word": "أَقْنَعَ"
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          "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
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          "word": "أَقْنَعَ"
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          "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
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          "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
          "word": "convencer"
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          "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
          "word": "inandırmaq"
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          "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
          "tags": [
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          "alt": "せっとくする",
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          "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
          "word": "説得する"
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          "word": "ប្រលោម"
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          "word": "convencer"
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          "text": "[…]his two Chamberlaines / Will I with Wine, and Waſſell, ſo conuince, / That Memorie, the Warder of the Braine, / Shall be a Fume,[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To overcome, conquer, vanquish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "overcome",
          "overcome"
        ],
        [
          "conquer",
          "conquer"
        ],
        [
          "vanquish",
          "vanquish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, transitive) To overcome, conquer, vanquish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Atheisme. XVI.”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC, page 90:",
          "text": "And therfore, God neuer wrought Miracle, to conuince Atheiſme, becauſe his Ordinary Works conuince it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To confute; to prove wrong."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "confute",
          "confute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, transitive) To confute; to prove wrong."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 8:46, column 1:",
          "text": "Which of you conuinceth mee of ſinne?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act II, page 18:",
          "text": "O ſeek not to convince me of a Crime / Which I can ne'er repent, nor can you pardon.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prove guilty; to convict."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prove",
          "prove"
        ],
        [
          "guilty",
          "guilty"
        ],
        [
          "convict",
          "convict"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, transitive) To prove guilty; to convict."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kənˈvɪns/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪns"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "persuade"
    },
    {
      "word": "satisfy"
    },
    {
      "word": "assure"
    },
    {
      "word": "convert"
    },
    {
      "word": "win over"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaqnaʕa",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "أَقْنَعَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔagnaʕ",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "أَقْنَعَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ajp",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaqnaʕ",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "tags": [
        "South-Levantine-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "أَقْنَعَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hamozel",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "համոզել"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "convencer"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "inandırmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "konbentzitu"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zapéŭnivacʹ",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запэ́ўніваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zapéŭnicʹ",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запэ́ўніць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ubeždavam",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "убеждавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ubedjá",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "убедя́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "convèncer"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "說服"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuōfú",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "说服"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "přesvědčit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "overbevise"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "overtale"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "overtyde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "overtuigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "konvinki"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "veenma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "vakuuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "convaincre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "persuader"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "darc̣muneba",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "დარწმუნება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "überzeugen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "peítho",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "πείθω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "peíthō",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "πείθω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shikhnéa",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "שכנע"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "meggyőz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "sannfæra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "convincere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せっとくする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "settoku-surú",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "説得する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nattoku-saseru",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "納得させる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jikaku-saseru",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "自覚させる"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "prɑlaom",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "ប្រលោម"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ɑntɔɔŋ",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "អន្ទង"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑɲcoh bɑɲcool",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "បញ្ចុះបញ្ចូល"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "napdeuksikida",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "납득시키다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hwaksinsikida",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "확신시키다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seoldeukhada",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "설득하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "persuadere"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "english": "to have oneself convinced",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "sibi persuasum habere"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "convinco"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "pārliecināt"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ubeduva",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "убедува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ubedi",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "убеди"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "ikkonvinċa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "whakapakepake"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "whakakīkī"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "whakawhere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "itgüülex",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "итгүүлэх"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ünemšüülex",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "үнэмшүүлэх"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "overbevise"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "oferreccan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "oferstǣlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przekonywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przekonać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "convencer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "convinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "cunventscher"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "conventscher"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "persvader"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "parschuader"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubeždátʹ",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "убежда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubedítʹ",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "убеди́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "cumbínchere"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "cumbinci"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "cumbínghere"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "cunvinci"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "cunvínciri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "у̀вјерити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "убе́дити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ùvjeriti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ubéditi"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "cunvìnciri"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "cummìnciri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "presvedčiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "prepríčati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "convencer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "övertyga"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nammiñcu",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "నమ్మించు"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "oppiñcu",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "ఒప్పించు"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "ikna etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perekónuvaty",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "переко́нувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perekonáty",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "перекона́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "convinçer"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "convinser"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "convinçar"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to make someone believe, or feel sure about something",
      "word": "thuyết phục"
    }
  ],
  "word": "convince"
}

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