Definition of convict

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Convict (v. t.) To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute.

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Tyburn Ticket :: Tyburn ticket () A certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon to conviction, exempting him from certain parish and ward offices..
Convict :: Convict (p.a.) Proved or found guilty; convicted.
Cogency :: Cogency (n.) The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.
Forebode :: Forebode (v. t.) To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly..
Convict :: Convict (n.) A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.
Botany Bay :: Botany Bay () A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; -- so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770..
Self-conviction :: Self-conviction (n.) The act of convicting one's self, or the state of being self-convicted..
Crop :: Crop (n.) Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop..
Ground :: Ground (n.) The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope..
Conviction :: Conviction (n.) A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal..
Self-convicted :: Self-convicted (a.) Convicted by one's own consciousness, knowledge, avowal, or acts..
Infamous :: Infamous (a.) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness..
Brand :: Brand (v. t.) To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict)..
Disqualify :: Disqualify (v. t.) To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness..
Manifest :: Manifest (a.) Detected; convicted; -- with of.
Convict :: Convict (n.) A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime.
Transport :: Transport (v.) A convict transported, or sentenced to exile..
Resolution :: Resolution (n.) The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought; conviction; assurance.
Convictive :: Convictive (a.) Convincing.
Infamy :: Infamy (n.) That loss of character, or public disgrace, which a convict incurs, and by which he is at common law rendered incompetent as a witness..
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