v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Convinced p. pr. & vb. n. Convincing. ] [ L. convincere, -victum, to refute, prove; con- + vincere to conquer. See Victor, and cf. Convict. ] 1. To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His two chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so convince
That memory, the warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To confute; to prove the fallacy of. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To prove guilty; to convict. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Which of you convinceth me of sin? John viii. 46. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seek not to convince me of a crime
Which I can ne'er repent, nor you can pardon. Dryden.

Syn. -- To persuade; satisfy; convict. -- To Convince, persuade. To convince is an act of the understanding; to persuade, of the will or feelings. The one is effected by argument, the other by motives. There are cases, however, in which persuade may seem to be used in reference only to the assent of the understanding; as when we say, I am persuaded it is so; I can not persuade myself of the fact. But in such instances there is usually or always a degree of awakened feeling which has had its share in producing the assent of the understanding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The fear of a convincement. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, convinces; one who wins over by proof. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evinced p. pr. & vb. n. Evincing ] [ L. evincere vanquish completely, prevail, succeed in proving; e out + vincere to vanquish. See Victor, and cf. Evict. ] 1. To conquer; to subdue. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Error by his own arms is best evinced. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To show in a clear manner; to prove beyond any reasonable doubt; to manifest; to make evident; to bring to light; to evidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Common sense and experience must and will evince the truth of this. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of evincing or proving, or the state of being evinced. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
Syn. -- Maritime Provinces. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F., fr. L. provincia; prob. fr. pro before, for + the root of vincere to conquer. See Victor. ] 1. (Roman Hist.) A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy. Wyclif (Acts xiii. 34). Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital. “Kingdoms and provinces.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A region of country; a tract; a district. [ 1913 Webster ]

Over many a tract
of heaven they marched, and many a province wide. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Other provinces of the intellectual world. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A region under the supervision or direction of any special person; the district or division of a country, especially an ecclesiastical division, over which one has jurisdiction; as, the province of Canterbury, or that in which the archbishop of Canterbury exercises ecclesiastical authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The proper or appropriate business or duty of a person or body; office; charge; jurisdiction; sphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

The woman'sprovince is to be careful in her economy, and chaste in her affection. Tattler. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada, having a governor, a local legislature, and representation in the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The Provinces, the Dominion of Canada. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Revict. ] To overcome; to refute, as error. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Saint Vincent de Paul, or founded by him. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (R. C. Ch.) (a) Same as Lazarist. (b) A member of certain charitable sisterhoods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the root of the white swallowwort (Vincetoxicum officinale, a plant of the Asclepias family) as a bitter yellow amorphous substance; -- called also asclepiadin, and cynanchin. [ 1913 Webster ]