Lexic.us

Definition of Convinced

1. Adjective. Persuaded of; very sure. "Was confident he would win"

2. Adjective. Having a strong belief or conviction. "A convinced and fanatical pacifist"

Definition of Convinced

1. Adjective. In a state of believing, especially from evidence but not necessarily. ¹

2. Verb. (past of convince) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Convinced

1. convince [v] - See also: convince

Lexicographical Neighbors of Convinced

conveys convicinity convicious convict convict fish convictable convicted convictfish convicting conviction

convictions convictism convictive convicts convince convinced convinced(p) convincement convincements convincer

convincers convinces convincible convincing convincingly convincingness convival convive convived convivence

Literary usage of Convinced

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Around the world in eighty days, tr. by G.M. Towle by Jules Verne (1874)
"IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT IS Convinced THAT HE HAS AT LAST FOUND HIS IDEAL. " FAITH," muttered Passepartout, somewhat flurried, " I've seen people at Madame ..."

2. Homerica, Emendations and Elucidations of the Odyssey by Thomas Leyden Agar (1908)
"But here there is no justification of the kind, and I am convinced that the poet himself was not responsible for this remarkable form. ..."

3. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"... likely to be overcome than they convinced. Evil should never be our pleasure, and therefore never our theme. The backbiter is always hated, ..."

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