Definition of Convince

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Definition of Convince
	Convince To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master. To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof. To confute; to prove the fallacy of. To prove guilty; to convict. Related Definitions: Argument, Assent, By, Confute, Convict, Fallacy, Force, Guilty, Master, Of, Or, Overcome, Overpower, Proof, Prove, Satisfy, Subdue, The, To, Truth, Yield

Convince Quotations

First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.
Marilyn Monroe

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
Muhammad Ali

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
George Washington

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.
Henry David Thoreau

He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
Sigmund Freud

We convince by our presence.
Walt Whitman

Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.
Jonathan Swift

If you can't convince them, confuse them.
Harry S. Truman

It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work.
Harry S. Truman

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
Josh Billings

Convince Translations

convince in Danish is overtyde
convince in Dutch is overtuigen
convince in Finnish is vakuuttaa
convince in French is convainquez, convaincre, convaincs, convainqent
convince in Italian is persuadere, persuadere
convince in Norwegian is overbevise
convince in Spanish is persuadir, convencer

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