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Convict \Con*vict"\ (k[o^]n*v[i^]kt"), p. a. [L. convictus, p.
p. of convincere to convict, prove. See {Convice}.]
Proved or found guilty; convicted. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. --Milton.
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Convict \Con"vict\ (k[o^]n"v[i^]kt), n.
1. A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one
legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some
crime.
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2. A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.

Syn: Malefactor; culprit; felon; criminal.
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Convict \Con*vict"\ (k[o^]n*v[i^]kt"), v. 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.
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He [Baxter] . . . had been convicted by a jury.
--Macaulay.
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They which heard it, being convicted by their own
conscience, went out one by one. --John viii.
9.
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2. To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute.
[Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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3. To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove.
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Imagining that these proofs will convict a
testament, to have that in it which other men can
nowhere by reading find. --Hooker.
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4. To defeat; to doom to destruction. [Obs.]
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A whole armado of convicted sail. --Shak.

Syn: To confute; defect; convince; confound.
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