<B>convince, </B>transitive verb, <B>-vinced,</B> <B>-vincing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to make (a person) feel sure; cause to believe; persuade firmly. <BR> <I>Ex. The mistakes you made convinced me you had not studied your lesson. The buyer was convinced of the salesman's integrity. He convinced the policeman that the parking meter was out of order.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) to prove or find guilty; convict. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) to refute; disprove. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) to overcome; conquer; overpower. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Obsolete.) to demonstrate; prove. noun <B>convincement.</B> noun <B>convincer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="convincible">
<B>convincible, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be convinced. </DL>
<A NAME="convincing">
<B>convincing, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that convinces. <BR> <I>Ex. a convincing argument.</I> (SYN) persuasive, cogent. adv. <B>convincingly.</B> noun <B>convincingness.</B> </DL>
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<B>convive, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a drinking or eating companion. <BR> <I>Ex. A favored guest ... has been guzzling lobster while his convives made do with haddock and gravy soup (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="convivial">
<B>convivial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>fond of eating and drinking with friends; sociable; jovial. <BR> <I>Ex. A gregarious man, he enjoyed the companionship of a large number of convivial friends (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or suitable for a feast or banquet; festive; gay. adv. <B>convivially.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="convivialist">
<B>convivialist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a convivial person. </DL>
<A NAME="conviviality">
<B>conviviality, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>fondness for eating and drinking with friends; good fellowship. <BR> <I>Ex. Conviviality is an asset for a lawyer anywhere (Harper's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>eating and drinking with friends; festivity. </DL>
<A NAME="convivium">
<B>convivium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-vivia.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a festive celebration; feast; party. </DL>
<A NAME="convocation">
<B>convocation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a calling together; an assembling by a summons. <DD><B> 2. </B>an assembly; a number of persons met in answer to a summons. <BR> <I>Ex. A convocation of clergymen passed a resolution condemning violence.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>an assembly of students and teachers at a college commencement. <DD><B> 4a. </B>an assembly of graduates of certain British universities to discuss or advise on educational matters connected with their universities. <DD><B> b. </B>a meeting of these graduates. </DL>
<A NAME="convocational">
<B>convocational, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or of the nature of a convocation. </DL>
<A NAME="convocator">
<B>convocator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who convokes an assembly; a member of a convocation. </DL>
<A NAME="convoke">
<B>convoke, </B>transitive verb, <B>-voked,</B> <B>-voking.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to call together; summon to assemble. noun <B>convoker.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="convolute">
<B>convolute, </B>adjective, verb, <B>-luted -luting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> rolled up into a spiral shape with one part over another; coiled. <BR> <I>Ex. The leaves in a bud of the cherry tree are convolute. The whorls of certain sea shells are convolute.</I> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to coil up; form into a coiled or twisted shape; twist. adv. <B>convolutely.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="convoluted">
<B>convoluted, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having convolutions; coiled; twisted. <BR> <I>Ex. The inner ear or labyrinth ... consists of tiny convoluted channels in the bone (Simeon Potter).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="convolution">
<B>convolution, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a coiling, winding, or twisting together. <BR> <I>Ex. the convolutions of a snake slithering through the grass.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a coil; winding; twist. <DD><B> 3. </B>an irregular fold or ridge on the surface of the brain. <BR> <I>Ex. the convolutions of the cerebral hemispheres.</I> </DL>
<B>convolutionary, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a convolution or convolutions, especially of the brain. </DL>
<A NAME="convolve">
<B>convolve, </B>verb, <B>-volved,</B> <B>-volving.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to roll or wind together; coil; twist. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to form convolutions. noun <B>convolvement.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="convolvulaceous">
<B>convolvulaceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to the morning-glory family. </DL>
<A NAME="convolvulus">
<B>convolvulus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-luses,</B> <B>-li.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of plants (usually vines) of the same family as the morning-glory, with slender, twining stems, and flowers shaped like trumpets; bindweed. </DL>
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<B>convoy, </B>verb, noun,<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to go with in order to protect; escort. <BR> <I>Ex. Warships convoy unarmed merchant ships during time of war.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Archaic.) to guide; conduct. <BR> <I>Ex. Many of the company had bespoken a will-o'-the-wisp to convoy them home (Hawthorne).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a convoying; protection. <BR> <I>Ex. The gold was moved from the truck to the bank's vault under convoy of armed guards.</I> (SYN) escort. <DD><B> 2. </B>the warships, soldiers, or others that convoy; protecting escort. <DD><B> 3. </B>a ship, fleet, supplies, or other valuable material that is convoyed. <BR> <I>Ex. The convoy reached harbor with all its troops and stores intact. But the cruiser was again ordered to shepherd another convoy (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) a conducting medium; channel; way. </DL>
<A NAME="convulsant">
<B>convulsant, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> that produces convulsions. <BR> <I>Ex. A number of reports have appeared suggesting the tranquilizer may have convulsant effects (Science News Letter).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a convulsant drug, agent, etc. </DL>
<A NAME="convulse">
<B>convulse, </B>transitive verb, <B>-vulsed,</B> <B>-vulsing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to shake violently. <BR> <I>Ex. An earthquake convulsed the island, damaging many of the buildings.</I> (SYN) agitate. <DD><B> 2. </B>to cause violent disturbance in. <BR> <I>Ex. His face was convulsed with rage.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to throw into convulsions; shake with muscular spasms. <BR> <I>Ex. The sick child was convulsed before the doctor came.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to throw into fits of laughter; cause to shake with laughter. <BR> <I>Ex. The clown convulsed the audience with his funny acts.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="convulsion">
<B>convulsion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>Often, <B>convulsions.</B> <DD> violent, involuntary contracting of the muscles; spasm. <BR> <I>Ex. The sick child's convulsions frightened his mother.</I> <DD><B> 1. </B>a fit of laughter. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a violent disturbance. <BR> <I>Ex. An earthquake is a convulsion of the earth. The country was undergoing a political convulsion.</I> (SYN) tumult, agitation, perturbation. </DL>
<A NAME="convulsionary">
<B>convulsionary, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-aries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> having to do with, of the nature of, or affected with convulsions. <DD><I>noun </I> a person who tends to have convulsions, especially as a manifestation of religious or other hysteria. </DL>
<B>cony, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>rabbit fur. Cony is used to make or trim coats. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=rabbit.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>a small, rabbitlike rodent; pika. <DD><B> 4. </B>a small, rodentlike animal with hoofs; hyrax (in the Bible, Leviticus 11:5). <DD><B> 5. </B>any one of various marine fishes, especially the rock hind. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Obsolete.) a dupe; gull. Also, <B>coney.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="coo">
<B>coo, </B>noun, verb, <B>cooed,</B> <B>cooing,</B> interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the soft, murmuring sound made by doves or pigeons. <DD><B> 2. </B>a sound like this. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to make a soft, murmuring sound. <DD><B> 2. </B>to murmur softly; speak in a soft, loving manner. <BR> <I>Ex. The mother cooed over her baby.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to utter or express by cooing. <DD><I>interj. </I> (British Informal.) an exclamation indicating astonishment or disbelief. noun <B>cooer.</B> adv. <B>cooingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cooch">
<B>cooch, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a solo dance characterized by highly stylized and uninhibited movements. Also, <B>cootch.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="cooee">
<B>cooee, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ees,</B> interjection, verb, <B>-eed,</B> <B>-eeing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun, interj. </I> <B>1. </B>a long, shrill signal call of the Australian aborigines, adopted by Australian colonists. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S.) a high, repeated, fast call used by farmers to call hogs. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to make this call. </DL>
<A NAME="cooey">
<B>cooey, </B>noun, pl. <B>-eys,</B> interjection, intransitive verb, <B>-eyed,</B> <B>-eying.</B> <B>=cooee.</B></DL>
<A NAME="coof">
<B>coof, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) a dull, lifeless fellow. </DL>
