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Webster 1913 Edition
Convict
Con-vict′
(kŏn-vĭkt′)
, p.
Adj.
Proved or found guilty; convicted.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Convict
by flight, and rebel to all law. Milton.
Con′vict
(kŏn′vĭkt)
, Noun.
1.
A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime.
Syn. – Malefactor; culprit; felon; criminal.
Con-vict′
(kŏn-vĭkt′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Convicted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Convicting
.] 1.
To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one’s conscience.
He [Baxter] . . . had been
convicted
by a jury. Macaulay.
They which heard it, being
convicted
by their own conscience, went out one by one. John viii. 9.
2.
To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
3.
To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove.
Imagining that these proofs will
convict
a testament, to have that in it which other men can nowhere by reading find. Hooker.
4.
To defeat; to doom to destruction.
[Obs.]
Syn. – To confute; defect; convince; confound.
Webster 1828 Edition
Convict
CONVICT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To determine the truth of a charge against one; to prove or find guilty of a crime charged; to determine or decide to be guilty, as by the verdict of a jury, by confession, or other legal decision. The jury convicted the prisoner of felony.2.
To convince of sin; to prove or determine to be guilty, as by the conscience.They who heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one. John 8.
3.
To confute; to prove or show to be false.4.
To show by proof or evidence.CONVICT
,pp.
CONVICT
,Noun.