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convince
AFRO-JAMAICAN RELIGION
¦ verb cause to believe firmly in the truth of something.
?persuade to do something.
?[as adjective convinced] firm in one's belief with regard to a particular cause: a convinced pacifist.
Derivatives
convincer noun
convincible adjective
Origin
C16: from L. convincere, from con- 'with' + vincere 'conquer'; cf. convict.
Usage
Some traditionalists deplore the use of convince to mean persuade, as in she convinced my father to branch out on his own, maintaining that convince should be reserved for situations in which someone's belief is changed but no action is taken as a result, while persuade should be used for situations in which action results. In practice this use is well established.
convince
AFRO-JAMAICAN RELIGION
(convinces, convincing, convinced)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If someone or something convinces you of something, they make you believe that it is true or that it exists.
Although I soon convinced him of my innocence, I think he still has serious doubts about my sanity...
The waste disposal industry is finding it difficult to convince the public that its operations are safe.
VERB: V n of n, V n that
2.
If someone or something convinces you to do something, they persuade you to do it. (mainly AM)
That weekend in Plattsburgh, he convinced her to go ahead and marry Bud.
= persuade
VERB: V n to-inf
Convince
AFRO-JAMAICAN RELIGION
Convince, also known as Bongo or Flenke, is a religion from eastern Jamaica. It has roots in Kumina and Jamaican Maroon religion.
