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..
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..
Crop :: Crop (n.) Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop..
Emancipist :: Emancipist (n.) A freed convict.
Conviction :: Conviction (n.) The state of being convinced or convicted; strong persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin, or by one's conscience..
Attaint :: Attaint (v.) A writ which lies after judgment, to inquire whether a jury has given a false verdict in any court of record; also, the convicting of the jury so tried..
M :: M (n.) A brand or stigma, having the shape of an M, formerly impressed on one convicted of manslaughter and admitted to the benefit of clergy..
Conversion :: Conversion (n.) A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world to the service of God; a change of the ruling disposition of the soul, involving a transformation of the outward life..
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..
Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To find guilty; to convict; -- said esp. of a jury on trial for giving a false verdict.
Transport :: Transport (v.) A convict transported, or sentenced to exile..
Convict :: Convict (v. t.) To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience..
Self-convicted :: Self-convicted (a.) Convicted by one's own consciousness, knowledge, avowal, or acts..
Ashamed :: Ashamed (a.) Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety..
Convict :: Convict (v. t.) To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove.
Disqualification :: Disqualification (n.) That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office; sickness is a disqualification for labor..
Force :: Force (n.) To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind..
Convicted :: Convicted (imp. & p. p.) of Convic.
Slang :: Slang (n.) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
Self-conviction :: Self-conviction (n.) The act of convicting one's self, or the state of being self-convicted..
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