Another word for convince
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Verb
To cause (another) to believe or feel sure about something
- To fulfill the need, desire, or expectation of:
- To fulfill (a need or desire):
- To free from doubt or question; convince:
- To cause (someone) to accept a point of view or to undertake a course of action by means of argument, reasoning, or entreaty:
- To inform positively, as to remove doubt:
- To cause to feel sure:
- To give confidence to; reassure.
See also:To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way
- To exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent:
- To offer or have available for sale:
- To give up or surrender in exchange for a price or reward:
- To cause (someone) to accept a point of view or to undertake a course of action by means of argument, reasoning, or entreaty:
- To lead or move, as to a course of action, by influence or persuasion.
- To bring about or stimulate the occurrence of; cause:
- To infer by inductive reasoning.
- To come into possession or use of; receive:
- To meet with or incur:
- To go after and obtain:
- Alternative form of bring round.
- To carry, convey, lead, or cause to go along to another place:
- To carry as an attribute or contribution:
- To lead or force into a specified state, situation, or location:
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Another word for convince
Verb
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- to explain or state something clearly and understandably.
- to perform a theatrical production.
- Alternative form of bring round.
- To cause to move around an axis or center; cause to rotate or revolve:
- To cause to move around in order to achieve a result, such as opening, closing, tightening, or loosening:
- To alter or control the functioning of (a mechanical device, for example) by the use of a rotating or similar movement:
- To defeat (another) in competition or conflict:
- To deal with successfully; prevail over; surmount:
- To overpower, as with emotion; affect deeply:
- Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result.
- The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result:
- Advantage; avail:
- To swing back and forth or to and fro.
- To incline or bend to one side; veer:
- To incline toward change, as in opinion or feeling:
- To change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product; transform:
- To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another; adapt to a new or different purpose:
- To persuade or induce to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief:
- To cause to be different:
- To give a completely different form or appearance to; transform:
- To give and receive reciprocally; interchange:
- To show clearly and deliberately; manifest:
- To show to be true by reasoning or adducing evidence; prove:
- To present by experiments, examples, or practical application; explain and illustrate:
- To inform positively, as to remove doubt:
- To cause to feel sure:
- To give confidence to; reassure.
- To fulfill the need, desire, or expectation of:
- To fulfill (a need or desire):
- To free from doubt or question; convince:
- To cause (an institution, for example) to come into existence or begin operating; found; set up.
- To bring about; generate or effect:
- To place or settle in a secure position or condition:
- To lead or move, as to a course of action, by influence or persuasion.
- To bring about or stimulate the occurrence of; cause:
- To infer by inductive reasoning.
- To cause (someone) to accept a point of view or to undertake a course of action by means of argument, reasoning, or entreaty:
- To establish the truth or validity of (something) by the presentation of argument or evidence:
- To demonstrate the reality of (something):
- To show (oneself) to be what is specified or to have a certain characteristic:
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