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▪ I. convey, v.|kənˈveɪ|
Forms: 4–7 convei(e, -vey(e, 4–8 -vay(e, (5 conway, cunvay, cumvay, 6 cunvey), 6–8 conveigh(e, 4– convey. Also 6 (3rd sing.) convys, -vehyth.
[a. OF. con-, cunveier, retained in ONF., while in Central F. it passed into convoier, now convoyer, f. L. con- + OF. veie, voie:—L. via way: cf. the cognate OF. aveier to set on the way, desveier to turn out of the way, enveier to send on one's way, forsveier to put out of the way; also It. conviare. At a later date the usual F. form convoier, was adopted as convoy. The Renascence spellings conveigh, convehith, imply a mistaken notion of derivation from L. convehĕre, to which convey is not related: cf. inveigh.]
†1. trans. To go along with (any one) on his way for the sake of company; to accompany in token of courtesy or honour, or as an escort; to set forward or bring (one) on his way; to convoy. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 12379 (Cott.) Quen þai him had couaid [v.r. conuaeid] sua, Forth in pes he bad þam ga. c1350Will. Palerne 5111 Semli puple Went wiþ him on gate wel an fiue myle, To conueye him curtesli as kindnesse it wold. c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 2687 Sho cunvayd him forth on his way. 1526Tindale 1 Cor. xvi. 11 Convaye hym forthe in peace. 1548Hall Chron. 184 b, Aldermen were appointed to mete them at Barnet, and to convey them to London. 1710Hearne Collect. 4 Mar., He was convey'd..to Westminster Hall by a prodigious Conflux of y⊇ Mob.
†2. To go with as a guide; to lead, conduct, guide, by going with or otherwise. Obs.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 768 Godde glyddez his gate by þose grene wayez & he conueyen hym con with cast of his yȝe. 14..Epiph. in Tundale's Vis. 105 They entred in to Jerusalem..Conveyd ever with the bryght beem Of the sterre. c1450Merlin 538 Toke a yoman with hym to conveye hym the wey. 1530Palsgr. 498/1, I convaye one, or lede him on the way, je conduys. 1599Hakluyt Voy. II. ii. 181 (R.) They would send their shippes emptie with souldiers to conuey them, either to Siuill or Lisbon. 1663Flagellum or O. Cromwell (1672) 53 The King is at his earnest desire..conveighed to New-market House. 1713Steele Guardian No. 17 ⁋7 The lackey conveyed her..to his master's lodging.
†b. fig. Said of a way or gate: To lead, conduct.
1616R. C. Time's Whistle iv. 1336 Her open dores Conveigh to private lust. 1654Whitlock Zootomia 65 These brackish waters of Urine, convey to none, or few faithful Discoveries. 1662Gerbier Princ. 7 A Doore to be so set as it may not convey the Wind toward the Chimney.
†3. To lead, take, or carry forcibly. Obs.
a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 100 The duke was wrothe..and made her to be conueyed in a castel. c1450Merlin 656 The kynge comaunded hem to..conveye the prisoners till thei were in saf warde.
4. To transport, carry, take from one place to another. It formerly included the carrying of small or individual objects, where carry, take, or bring, is now used; but it is now used chiefly in reference to things in mass, or persons, forming the load of a ‘conveyance’ or vehicle.
1393Gower Conf. II. 8 This letter was conveied. 1516Myrr. our Ladye p. xlix, He and his suster..cunueyed the relikes & the bones of..their moder to the sayd Monastery. 1524Act 14–15 Hen. VIII, c. 1. Pream., Marchaunt straungers..do dayly conveigh, transporte and carie out of this realme..wollen clothes. 1548Hall Chron. 27 He prively provided a Ship..to convey the prince into y⊇ realme of Fraunce. Ibid. 28 All men conveighyng letters from the one of us to the other. 1669Phil. Trans. IV. 1140 All..wonder how such a slender Glass could be safely conveighed hither. 1697W. Dampier Voy. (1698) I. xiii. 372 While the Gunner was busie, he convey'd the Book away, to look over it at his leisure. 1712Addison Spect. No. 499 ⁋2 They could not convey away many of their effects. 1795Southey Joan of Arc vii. 638 He..sunk senseless, by his followers from the field Convey'd with timely speed. 1839Murchison Silur. Syst. i. xxxvii. 511 If the reader will convey his eye over the whole of the region coloured in the map. 1866Rogers Agric. & Prices I. 663 The charge for conveying passengers is also very modest. 1875Jevons Money (1878) 21 Cattle..convey themselves about. 1891G.W.R. Railway Time Table, Horses and carriages are not conveyed by the under-mentioned trains. Luggage conveyed by these coaches will be charged for.
†b. To project to a distance, to ‘carry’ (a shot, etc.). Obs.
1634W. Tirwhyt tr. Balzac's Lett. 79 The Sunne convayes its light thither, but never its heate. 1660Willsford Scales Comm. ii. iii. 171 The gun discharged shall convey the bullet wide from the mark..A piece of great Artillary mounted at 18 or 20 degrees..shall convey a shot the farthest.
c. In reference to things immaterial.
1640Quarles Enchirid. iv. c, Convay thy love to thy Friend.
†5. To take away, to remove. Obs. (exc. with away expressed.)
1530Palsgr. 497/2, I convaye, I take a thyng away out of a place. Je oste... Who hath convayed my cappe away? 1570R. Edwards Damon & P. in Hazl. Dodsl. IV. 94 And with a trice thy head from thy shoulders I will convey. 1653Holcroft Procopius i. 4, I rather think his ear was cut off, and the Pearl conveighed away. 1883J. Gilmour Mongols xxiii. 285 He had stolen the horse, and tied it up in the mountains till he should be able to convey it away secretly.
†6. Often with a connotation of secrecy, mystery, or concealment; esp. to carry off clandestinely, to make away with. Obs.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 39 In the meane tyme conveyenge and hydyng the body of the deed shepe. 1566in Peacock Eng. Ch. Furniture (1866) 163 One pixe and one hallywater fatte gone and conveighed awaie we know not howe. a1680Butler Rem. (1759) I. 224 Whose Science, like a Jugler's Box and Balls, Conveys, and counterchanges true and false. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 745 The Mother Nightingale..Whose Nest some prying Churl had found, and thence, By Stealth, convey'd th' unfeather'd Innocence.
b. Hence, a euphemism for: To steal.
1460Bk. Nurture 212 in Babees Bk. 77 Take heede who takes thy spoon up For feare it be convayde. 1548Cranmer Catech. 99 b, I may convey from hym an Oxe, Asse, or an Horse. For he hathe greate plentye of all these thinges, and may spare one or two of them. 1576Wapull Tyde taryeth no Man, I by that meane Will convey very cleane And not be understood. 1598Shakes. Merry W. i. iii. 31 Ni. The good humor is to steale at a minutes rest. Pist. Conuay, the wise it call: Steale? foh: a fico for the phrase. 1607Marston What you will Wks. II. 260 (Farmer), I will convey, crossbite and cheat upon Simplicius. 1753Smollett Ct. Fathom (1813) II. 119 Teresa..was..detected in the very act of conveying a piece of plate, which was actually found concealed among her cloaths. 1883A. Dobson Old World Idylls 237 (Farmer) If they hint..That the ballad you sing is but merely conveyed From the stock of the Arnes and the Purcells of yore.
†7. refl. To take oneself away, etc., remove; often furtively, to steal or slip away, in, etc. Obs.
1535Coverdale Ps. xxx. 11 They yt se me in the strete, conveye them selues fro me. 1548Hall Chron. 56 b, The citezens..would prively steele and conveigh them selves away. 1611Bible John v. 13 Iesus had conueyed himselfe away, a multitude being in that place. 1641Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 89 Then his Spirit offers, and conveighs itself into the heart. 1697Potter Antiq. Greece ii. xx. (1715) 362 One..that had surreptitiously conveyed herself in amongst the rest.
8. To lead or conduct as a channel or medium; to transmit, be the medium of.
a. To lead or conduct (running water or the like), as a channel, pipe, or other passage; also to lead or conduct by or through such a channel.
[1535Coverdale 2 Chron. xxxii. 30 Ezechias..couered the hye water condyte in Gihon, and conveyed it vnder on the west syde of y⊇ cite of Dauid.] 1601Holland Pliny I. 110 A fountaine..out of which fresh water is drawne and conueighed..through pipes made of leather. 1665Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 229 Hesdin formerly was contained in the Maes, before the waters were conveighed away by a new Channel. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 385 Thro' reeden Pipes convey the Golden Flood. 1700― Sigism. & Guisc. 116 A rift there was, which from the mountain's height Conveyed a glimmering and malignant light. 1765A. Dickson Treat. Agric. (ed. 2) 134 What methods are most proper for conveying away water? 1799G. Smith Laboratory I. 19 The small tube that conveys the fire from that to the other end.
b. To conduct or transmit (sounds and other sensuous impressions).
1626Bacon Sylva §122 Impression of the Air with Sounds, asketh a Time to be conveighed to the Sense. 1691Ray Creation ii. (1704) 265 To receive and conveigh to the Soul the impressions of external Objects. 1749Shenstone An Irregular Ode, Come, gentle air..Convey the jasmin's breath divine, Convey the woodbine's rich perfume. 1854Woodward Mollusca (1856) 21 The auditory nerves convey impressions of sound. 1879G. C. Harlan Eyesight ii. 19 The optic nerve can convey no other impression than that of light.
†9. To transmit, transfer, or cause to pass; sometimes to transmit or transfer secretly or furtively. Obs.
1574tr. Littleton's Tenures 6 b, The issue of the daughter maye not conveye to him the dyscente of heire male. 1581Lambarde Eiren. i. iii. (1602) 14 Such as..haue the charge of the Peace conueyed vnder their other Offices. 1613R. Tailor Hog lost Pearl v. Stage Direct., Rebecca..seeming to put the keys under his bolster, conveyeth them into her pocket. a1639W. Whately Prototypes ii. xxiv. (1640) 8 She used deceit and fraud to conveigh the blessing to Isaac. 1683Robinson in Ray's Corr. (1848) 137 [A boring insect] conveying its eggs into the ilex, together with a venomous vehicle. 1726W. R. Chetwood Adv. Capt. R. Boyle 51 The old Gentleman..got an Opportunity of conveying some of the Drops into a Glass of Wine.
†b. To transmit to posterity, to hand down. Obs.
1592tr. Junius on Rev. ix. 4 He miserably set all christendome on fire, and conveyed over unto his successors the burning brand of the same. 1665J. Webb Stone-Heng (1725) 125 What Customs were used by them, for conveighing to Posterity, the Actions performed by their Ancestors. 1667Poole Dial. Protest. & Papist (1735) 204 What hath been, by constant Tradition, convey'd to them from the Apostles Times. a1704Locke (J.), A divine natural right could not be conveyed down, without any plain, natural, or divine rule concerning it. 1741Betterton Eng. Stage Introd. 2 To convey the Names of some of our most eminent Players, to a little longer Date, than Nature has given their Bodies.
c. esp. To communicate, impart (a conception, sentiment, influence, benefit, etc.)
c1386Chaucer Clerk's Prol. 55 He wold conveyen his matiere. c1400― Rom. Rose 2916 Whanne thyne eyen were thus in blisse..Alloone they can not have hir joye, But to the herte they conveye Part of her blisse. 1514Barclay Cyt. & Uplondyshm. (Percy Soc.) 8 He hadde good reason suche thynges to convaye. 1611Bible Transl. Pref. 5 This Tongue was very fit to conuey the Law and the Gospel by. 1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxx. 177 Any influence..but such as is conveighed..from the Soveraign Authority. 1718Hickes & Nelson J. Kettlewell i. xxxi. 55 The Blessing which it was a Means of Conveighing to a great many Souls. 1766Fordyce Serm. Yng. Wom. (1777) I. ii. 58, I am sure they convey a loud lesson. 1859C. Barker Associative Princ. ii. 56 These..exceptions serve but to convey a deeper impression of the complete wreck. 1878Huxley Physiogr. Pref. 7 The attempt to convey scientific conceptions without the appeal to observation.
d. To communicate (ideas) by language or its equivalent; hence, to express in words (obs.); words are also said to convey an idea or meaning.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 443 A cunningly compiled and a learnedly conveyed history. 1589Warner Alb. Eng. v. xxiv. (R.), One hearte of two, two soules to one By wedlock is conuaid. 1592Greene Art Conny Catch. ii. 5 There is no act, statute, nor law, so strickt conueid, but there be straight found starting-holes to auoid it. 1692South Serm. (1697) I. 530 Means, or Signs, whereby they would Express, or Convey their Thoughts one to another. 1794Sullivan View Nat. II. 242 Something more is meant than what the words literally convey. 1866G. Macdonald Ann. Q. Neighb. xi. (1878) 213 What I say may fail utterly to convey what I mean. 1883G. Lloyd Ebb & Flow II. 93 A tone which conveyed at once surprise and intensest satisfaction. 1884Manch. Exam. 17 May 4/7 Such words..suggest, if they do not convey, the impression that the efforts..spring from motives which are open to censure. 1888Times (Weekly ed.) 21 Dec. 13/2 Do you mean to convey it that it was known that you{ddd}?
†e. refl. To express oneself. Obs.
1641W. Hakewill Lib. Subject 4 That I may the better convey my selfe through my Argument, and be the better conceived of you.
10. To transfer or make over (as property) to another; now only in Law, to transfer or make over by deed or legal process. absol. To make conveyance.
1495Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 60 §1 The seid Hugh [shall] also be enhabled..the same londes..to convey as heire to the seid John Mayne. a1600Hooker Eccl. Pol. vii. xxiv. §1 To deprive them of their goods, and to convey the same unto men of secular calling. a1626Bacon Max. & Uses Com. Law (1635) 50 Lands may be conveyed sixe maner of wayes 1 By feofment. 2 By fine. 3 By recovery. 4 By use. 5 By couenant. 6 By will. 1651Hobbes Govt. & Soc. ii. §4. 21 He is said to part with his right, who either absolutely renounceth it, or conveys it to another. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) I. 103 If a tenant in tail agrees to convey, he is bound by that agreement. 1863Fawcett Pol. Econ. ii. vi. 209 The cost of conveying a small estate is..in proportion to its value, much greater than the cost of conveying a large one. 1881J. Russell Haigs ii. 30 By this charter, De Morville conveys to the blessed Mary and St. Leonard..that land where the Hospital is situated.
†11. To bring down by succession, to derive. Obs.
c1430Lydg. Hors, Shepe, & G. 9 Be dissent conveyed the pedegrewe Frome the patryarke Abrahame. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 44 Hyr nobyl and royal Kynrede Conveyde from david down lyneally. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 387 The same also did convey theyr Succession from the priesthood of Aaron. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, i. ii. 74 [Hugh Capet] conuey'd himselfe as th' Heire to th' Lady Lingare. 1606G. W[oodcocke] tr. Hist. Ivstine 56 a, The house of æacus, from whence by auncient descent..she was lineally conueied.
†12. To conduct (an affair); to carry on, manage; to conduct or carry out to a conclusion.
b. To manage with secrecy, privacy, or craft. Obs.
1530Palsgr. 498/1 He convayeth his maters as wisely as any man that I knowe. a1533Ld. Berners Huon xlii. 138 She saw well that her dede shold the surelyer be conuayed. 1542Udall Erasm. Apoph. (1564) 11 That we maie gouerne & conueigh, aswel our own priuate matters, as also the publique affaires of the common weale. 1543Grafton Contn. Harding Pref. iii, When and betwene whom warres haue befall..Howe the same haue been conueighed & wrought. 1605Shakes. Lear i. ii. 109, I will..conuey the businesse as I shall find meanes. a1661Fuller Worthies (1841) III. 404 He had a secret contrivance wherein he conveyed his exceeding above his monastical pittance.
†c. refl. To conduct oneself; to behave (F. se porter). Obs.
1530Palsgr. 498/1 He hath convayed him selfe in his office as wysely as any man I sawe these seven yeres.
†13. = carry (Branch II): To bear, support, sustain; refl. to support oneself, keep or maintain oneself. Obs.
1514in Strype Eccl. Mem. I. App. iv. 7 What time they have paid al their duty, many a one have not a peny left to convey himself for the three months to come..What time any of the said garrison hath not mony to convey themselves and their households. 1587Golding De Mornay xi. 156 The pleasant dwillings which they [the Mountains] conuey in them. 1697Potter Antiq. Greece ii. xiii. (1715) 307 When Sleep conveighs our Dreams.
▪ II. † ˈconvey, v.2 Obs. rare.
[ad. F. convie-r (= Pr., Sp. convidar, It. convitare):—L. convitāre.]
To invite.
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 193/4 The prynce..conueyed and sommoned al the peple poure and riche to come to the dedycacion of this chyrche.
▪ III. † convey, n. Obs.
Also 6 conveie, (-veighe, -veyghe).
[f. prec.: cf. convoy.]
1. The act of conveying in various senses.
a. Conveyance from place to place, transport.
1577–87Holinshed Chron. I. 30/1 He appointed to transport his armie ouer into Gallia at two conueies. 1606G. W[oodcocke] tr. Hist. Ivstine 69 b, Ships, for safe conuey of his armye ouer.
b. Conveyance of property; transference.
1592Greene Upst. Courtier in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 226 Though..[he] make a convey of all his lands to the usurer.
2. Conduct of life; = convoy n. 1.
1567Fenton Trag. Disc. A a iv, Her honest conveyghe and integretie of lyfe seemed to deserve no lesse than the vertue of Lucresia. Ibid. A a viij b, For the better conveighe of their abhominable lyfe.
3. The act of convoying or escorting, escort; = convoy 3.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xvii. 38 Hee found the Lord Hastings his Chamberlaine, well-accompanied for his Convey.
4. An accompanying and protecting force either by sea or land; an escort; = convoy 7.
1579Digges Stratiot. 109 A reasonable convey of Horse⁓men for the safetie of such as bring victuals to the Campe. 1583T. Stocker Hist. Ciu. Warres Lowe C. i. 78 b, That Duke Lodwyke should be sent with a safe conuay vnto the borders of the empire. 16..Evelyn Mem. 29 Jan. 1645 (R.), We were faine to hire a strong convey of about 30 fire⁓locks to guard us through the Cork woods. Ibid. (1857) III. 32 (an. 1648) If I desired a safe convey thither, he would readily procure it. 1675Hobbes Odyss. vii. 295 But 'gainst your will I will not make you stay..To morrow shall be ready your convey.
5. A train of provisions and ammunition under the protection of an escort; = convoy 12.
1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 821/2 The Frenchmen were coming with their conveie of vittels to refresh the Town. ― Scot. Chron. II. 256 The same armie passing forth with a conveie of vittles into Haddington. |