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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Opinion :: Opinion (n.) That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard to any point of knowledge or action..
Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages..
Redargue :: Redargue (v. t.) To disprove; to refute; toconfute; to reprove; to convict.
Convict1ible :: Convict1ible (a.) Capable of being convicted.
Convincement :: Convincement (n.) Act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction..
Emancipist :: Emancipist (n.) A freed convict.
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..
Punishment :: Punishment (n.) A penalty inflicted by a court of justice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention..
Incapable :: Incapable (a.) Unqualified or disqualified, in a legal sense; as, a man under thirty-five years of age is incapable of holding the office of president of the United States; a person convicted on impeachment is thereby made incapable of holding an office of profit or honor under the government..
Self-conviction :: Self-conviction (n.) The act of convicting one's self, or the state of being self-convicted..
Force :: Force (n.) To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind..
Self-evident :: Self-evident (a.) Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth..
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..
Convicting :: Convicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convic.
Convictism :: Convictism (n.) The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements.
Convict :: Convict (v. t.) To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute.
Persuasion :: Persuasion (n.) The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced..
Convictive :: Convictive (a.) Convincing.
Power :: Power (n.) Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm..
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..
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