单词 | convict |
释义 | convictn.1 1. One convicted in a judicial investigation of a punishable offence. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > [noun] > one who is convicted convict1530 condemned1543 1530–1 Act 22 Hen. VIII c. 15 All wilfull escapes, as well of conuictes as of other persones. 1590 H. Barrow & J. Greenwood Coll. Sclaunderous Articles A ij b Who..might delyuer them, as conuicts of heresie vnto the secular powers. 1740 Propos. Prov. Poor 13 Convicts of Theft and Robberies..may be committed. 1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 44 The following convicts were executed at Tyburn pursuant to their sentence. 1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 83 That this Galilean convict shall be the world's confessed deliverer. 2. spec. A condemned criminal serving a sentence of penal servitude. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] prisona1225 prisonerc1384 enpresonéc1425 bird1580 warder1584 canary bird1593 penitentiala1633 convict1786 chum1819 lag1819 lagger1819 new chum1819 nut-brown1835 collegian1837 canary1840 Sydney duck1873 forty1879 zebra1882 con1893 yardbird1956 zek1968 1786 Particulars Trials John Shepherd 49 The intended transportation of convicts to the new settlements at Botany Bay. 1823 S. Smith Wks. (1859) II. 15/1 Under the infamous term convict, are comprehended crimes of the most different degrees and species of guilt. One man is transported for, etc. 1841–44 R. W. Emerson Polit. in Wks. (1906) I. 242 The children of the convicts at Botany Bay. 1893 N.E.D. at Convict Mod. Escape of a convict from Dartmoor. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun] > one who errs convict1581 fallible?1706 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1588) iv. xiv. 562 Even so were these conuicts ridiculously purged by them. Compounds attributive and in other combinations (chiefly in sense 2). a. of or pertaining to convicts or to the system of keeping convicted criminals in penal establishments or settlements. ΚΠ 1811 J. Bentham Wks. XI. 152 The convict population of the country. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 138/1 The importation of negro slaves..soon lowered the value of convict labour. 1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 145 The unwieldy convict gangs. 1887 Times 26 Aug. 7/5 Of convict life in the Australian colonies. b. used for convicts, as convict-barge, convict-colony, convict-dress, convict-hulk, convict-prison, convict-ship, etc. ΚΠ 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1714/2 The Byshop sent hym to the Conuict prison. 1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 50 The infection which a few hands taken out of a..convict-ship spread amongst the..seamen. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 146/2 On board the different convict-hulks a book is kept by an overseer, in which are entered the names of all convicts. 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. I. p. xviii Giving the Mother Country the right to make the Cape a Convict Colony. 1886 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VII. Ps. cxxxii. 18 It shall be their convict dress to all eternity. 1890 Cent. Mag. XXXVIII. 743/2 He was..incarcerated in the central convict-prison at Kharkoff. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † convictn.2 Obsolete. Scottish. = conviction n., verdict of guilty. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > [noun] condemnationc1384 damnationc1384 attainting1395 conviction1491 convict1567 eviction?1575 convincement1612 convincing1615 forjudging1651 convictment1887 1567 Sc. Acts Mary (1814) 566 (Jam.) The pretendit convict, decreit, and dome gevin in the Justice court. 1567 Sc. Acts Mary (1814) 577 (Jam.) Diuerss poinctes and articles contenit in the convict foirsaid. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). convictadj. 1. a. Proved or pronounced guilty of an offence by a tribunal. Const. of. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > [adjective] > convicted or condemned convicta1340 damnedc1440 taint1496 convict1549 cast1587 convicted1611 condemned1712 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter vi. 1 Lord in thi dome..sett noght swilk skilles agayns me þat i be conuycte. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxi. 17 Who stelith a man, and sellith hym, conuycte [a1425 L.V. conuyt] of the trespas, with deeth dye he. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 411/3 Wherof he was conuycte and wes shorne a monke. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Diiiiv Hym that is conuict of manslaughter. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iv. 182 Who pronounst The bitter sentence of poore Clarence death, Before I be conuict by course of law? View more context for this quotation 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon iii. xii. 636 He had been Convict of having four Wives at one and the same time. 1738 Hist. View Court of Exchequer v. 96 He shall be held as convict. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) v. i. 150 Convict by many witnesses.., of the guilt Of treachery and treason. b. With other const. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 459 They that were convict in conspiracie aȝenst hym. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. vi. 24 Mysdoaris for þare trespas convyct. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 120 Þe Jewys of Norwych were conuicte before þe kyng þat þei had stole a child. 1525 W. Tyndale Prol. to N.T. Prol. We..are..convicte to eternall damnacioun. 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. C.5 Suche..be as conuict in the same iniury. a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. iii. §2 A witch, which is convict to have eaten a man. a1734 R. North Examen Chronol. 24 May 1681 Welmore convict for kidnapping. 2. Proved guilty of error or reprehensible action. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [adjective] > dispraised > censured or condemned convictc1384 reprobated1541 condemned1873 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xiv. 24 If alle men prophecien, forsoth if ony vnfeithful man or ydiot entre, he is conuict of alle, he is wyseli demed of alle. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. Piv v He shalbe conuyct of lyuynge reprouable. 1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes lxviii, in Wks. I. 787 Play-wright conuict of publike wrongs to men. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Cinyras & Myrrha in Fables 181 For Myrrha stood convict of Ill; Her Reason vanquish'd, but unchang'd her Will. a1845 T. Hood Ghost xiii And you, Sir..Of perjured faith convict. 3. Proved, demonstrated, made evident. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective] > proved proveda1382 convictc1475 probate?1511 comprobate1523 proven1533 persuaded1538 scientifical1588 verified1594 approved1600 approven1609 averred1641 examined1723 substanced1773 clenched1815 made-out1820 open-and-shut1841 c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 3 He is conuict not to be His vicar. 4. Brought to internal conviction. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > [adjective] > persuaded, convinced surea1400 probate?1511 strong1526 satisfied1533 persuaded1538 convict1558 dogmatic1678 well-wrought1684 convinced1685 1558 J. Knox First Blast against Monstruous Regiment Women f. 38 Cain no doubte was conuict in conscience. 1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. i. 96 The later Græcians, hauing their consciences conuict with the euidence. 5. Overcome, vanquished, subdued. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > [adjective] matec1225 conquestc1400 convictc1430 triumphate1471 devict?a1475 vanquishedc1485 discomfecta1529 overcome1530 profligate1535 discomfited1538 defeatc1540 discomfishedc1540 suppriseda1547 beaten1550 conquered1552 ydaunted1581 overmastereda1586 expugned1598 profligated1599 tattered1599 triumphed1605 overcomed1607 fight-rac't?1611 convicteda1616 worsted1641 foiled1810 lost1822 defeateda1859 outfought1891 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > [adjective] cravena1225 matec1225 to yield oneself creanta1250 confounded1362 checkmate?c1370 convictc1430 superatec1460 beaten1550 frustrate1588 convicteda1616 skinned1897 c1430 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine 147 Oure faderis here-beforn..were neuere in bataill, neyther conuycte ne lorn. 1545 T. Raynald tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde iii. sig. U.v Which [food] for the copye and superfluite therof can not be conuicte ne ouercume of nature. 6. Accused. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [adjective] > accused or indicted indictedc1440 accusedc1450 denounced1552 convict1569 criminatea1591 delatedc1598 panelled1618 impleaded1742 impeached1751 incriminated1858 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 132 No fault could be found against any of the Personnes that were conuict before the king. By reason wherof, diuerse..were..restored to their offices. II. Adjectival uses. 7. = convicted adj. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > [adjective] > convicted or condemned convicta1340 damnedc1440 taint1496 convict1549 cast1587 convicted1611 condemned1712 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Jas. ii. f. xxxv A conuicte transgressour of the lawe. a1625 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 343 His wife being a convict popish Recusant. a1695 A. Wood Life (1848) 313 note A convict libeller. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 528. ⁋1 By fineing Batchelors as Papists convict. 1865 F. M. Nichols tr. Britton II. 2 Unless he died as a felon convict. ΚΠ 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. 481 To argue against convict impertinencies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). convictv. 1. a. transitive. To prove (a person) guilty of an offence which makes him liable to legal punishment; spec. to find or declare guilty, after trial before a legal tribunal, by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge. Const. of. (= convince v. 4.) ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > convict or condemn [verb (transitive)] fordeemc1000 attain1330 filec1330 condemna1340 shape1340 dem1377 convictc1380 reprovea1382 damnc1384 overtakea1393 attainta1400 taintc1400 commita1425 vanquish1502 convincea1535 cast1536 convanquish1540 deprehend1598 forejudge1603 do1819 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 75 God techiþ..þat o trewe man, as danyel dede, schal conuycte two false prestis. 1516 Lyfe St. Birgette in Kalendre Newe Legende Eng. (Pynson) f. cxxxi To haue conuyctyd hym of heresye. 1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 387 No englishman should be conuicted except by English Judges. a1610 J. Healey tr. Theophrastus Characters (1636) 25 Being convicted of theft, he shall be drawn and halled by head and shoulders. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. v. 332 If we believe some historians, they were convicted by sufficient evidence. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) III. 196 Lawrence Earl Ferrers..was convicted and executed for murder, in the year 1760. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. 323 The attempts..made by the accusers of Socrates to convict him of treason against the Athenian commonwealth. ΚΠ 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xviii. iii. 108 His wife..by good proofe was convicted to have written the same. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 468 The Spaniard..was afterwards convicted, that he would by treachery have invaded his Castles upon the Sound. c. absol. ΚΠ 1841 R. W. Emerson Compensation in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 100 If you make the criminal code sanguinary, juries will not convict. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 177 A single justice of the peace might convict without a jury. 2. a. To prove or declare guilty of reprehensible conduct, error, etc.; now taken as transferred from 1. Const. of (†for). (= convince v. 4.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > dispraise or discommend [verb (transitive)] > censure or condemn bidemea1200 convictc1366 reprovea1382 damnc1386 condemna1400 deema1400 saya1400 judgec1400 reprehendc1400 reproacha1475 reprobate?a1475 arguec1475 controlc1525 twit1543 perstringe1549 tax1569 traduce1581 carp1591 censure1605 convince?1606 syndic1609 syndicate1610 to check at1642 reprimand1660 impeach1813 to stroke over1822 c1366 G. Chaucer A.B.C. 86 That he hath in hise lystes of mischaunce Conuict þat ye boþe haue bouht so deere. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Dan. xiii. 61 Danyel hadde conuicte [a1425 L.V. conuyctid] hem of her mouth, for to haue saide fals witnessyng. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 66 Augustin..mad many bokes, conuicte many herisies. 1646 F. Hawkins tr. Youths Behaviour (ed. 4) 10 That..will convict thee of a desire, to have executed it thy selfe. ?1708 (title) Squire Bickerstaff detected; or the astrological impostor convicted. 1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile in Poems I. 27 I..look away from Earth which doth convict me. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire iii. 127 One could hardly be convicted now of want of sensibility, if, [etc.]. b. transferred. ΚΠ 1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 72 That boundless plain of Languedoc, convicted of all guide-books of being arid, brown, and wholly uninteresting. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iv. 99 I have just convicted the Greek fret of ugliness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > prove, demonstrate [verb (transitive)] i-sothea925 soothec950 fanda1000 kitheOE betell1048 showc1175 prove?c1225 treousec1275 stablisha1325 approve1340 verifyc1386 justifya1393 tryc1412 answer?a1425 appreve?c1450 to make gooda1470 convictc1475 averifyc1503 arguea1513 find1512 pree1515 comprobate1531 demonstrate1538 conclude1549 convince1555 argument1558 evict1571 avoucha1593 evidencea1601 remonstrate1601 clear1605 attaint1609 monstrate1609 evince1610 evince1611 improve1613 remonstrance1621 to make out1653 ascertain1670 to bring off1674 to make (something) to through1675 render1678 substantiatea1691 establisha1704 to bring out1727 realize1763 validate1775 c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 3 If he be conuicted not to luf, ne to do þe office of Crist. 1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue vi. sig. Cvi Thir twa argumentis..conuictis, the generale counsalis, to be the membir of the congregatioun representand the vniuersale kirk. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Rebellion ii, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 565 Convicting such subjects..to be neither good subjects nor good men. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. xi. 168 Imagining that these proofs will conuict a testament to haue that in it which other men can no where by reading find. 1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 137 Cold water may be allowed to those are used to it, on the state and the matter being convicted. 4. To bring conviction or acknowledgement of error home to (a person); to impress with the sense of sinfulness. Cf. conviction n. 8. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > [verb] > convince of convict1526 convince1647 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > repent (sin, wrongdoing, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > affect with remorse > bring to acknowledgement of error convict1526 convince1647 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Biiiv Nat withstandynge that their owne reason conuicte them. 1611 Bible (King James) John viii. 9 They..being conuicted by their owne conscience, went out one by one. View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Wife for Moneth iv. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hhhhhhv/2 You are too late convicted to be good yet. 1862 F. J. Furnivall in R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne Pref. 18 You yet speak to us, and convict us of sin as we read your words. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues III. 323 He is supposed to have a mission to convict men of self-conceit. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > bring to belief, convince [verb (transitive)] persuadec1450 ensurec1500 satisfyc1520 convict1583 forcea1586 move1590 possess1591 secure1602 confirm1607 convince1609 convince1632 induce1655 prepossessa1676 coax1676 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie vii. 39 The people were conuicted of Gods mighty working in their behalfe. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales i. iv. 7 [He would] by his owne confession conuict him, that the Common-wealth was but one bodie. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. i. 3 He did not indubitably believe, untill he was after convicted in the visible example of Abel. View more context for this quotation 1659 M. Casaubon in J. Dee True & Faithful Relation Spirits Pref. sig. D1v If by that time he be not convicted, he shall have my good will to give it over. 6. a. To prove (a doctrine (obsolete) or its holders) to be wrong, erroneous, or false; = convince v. 6. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > an argument, statement, etc. assoilc1370 disprovec1380 soilc1380 conclude1388 unprovea1425 denyc1425 oppugn?1435 deprevea1450 refelc1450 disapprove1481 impreve1488 confute1529 deprove1530 convince?1531 refute1533 save1591 convict1593 elide1593 redargue1613 to wrestle off1639 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie iii. viii. 143 To conuict Heretiques..to vse the principall instrument of their conuiction, the light of reason. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. viii. 122 Which conceit being already convicted, not only by Scaliger, Riolanus and others, but daily confutable almost every where out of England. View more context for this quotation 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 387 To convict, or prove the contrary, refutare. 1705 E. Howard (title) Copernicans of all Sorts Convicted. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. xi. 371 No man shall be able to convict you in dialogue. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > by proving error or weakness reprovea1398 falsifyc1449 enervate1565 convince1583 disprove1584 imposture1622 distest1647 disauthenticate1658 convict1717 negative1790 unsubstantiate1799 to show up1893 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] > the true character or identity of utter1526 wray1576 convince1583 strip1619 dispersonate1624 convict1717 to show up1821 out1990 1717 J. Fox Wanderer (1718) 139 Arguments..sufficient to convict the Fallacy of a desponding Principle. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > conquer or overcome overcomeeOE shendc893 awinc1000 overwinOE overheaveOE to lay downa1225 mate?c1225 discomfitc1230 win1297 dauntc1300 cumber1303 scomfit1303 fenkc1320 to bear downc1330 confoundc1330 confusec1330 to do, put arrear1330 oversetc1330 vanquishc1330 conquerc1374 overthrowc1375 oppressc1380 outfighta1382 to put downa1382 discomfortc1384 threshc1384 vencuea1400 depressc1400 venque?1402 ding?a1425 cumrayc1425 to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425 to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430 distrussc1430 supprisec1440 ascomfita1450 to do stress?c1450 victorya1470 to make (win) a conquest1477 convanquish1483 conquest1485 defeat1485 oversailc1485 conques1488 discomfish1488 fulyie1488 distress1489 overpress1489 cravent1490 utter?1533 to give (a person) the overthrow1536 debel1542 convince1548 foil1548 out-war1548 profligate1548 proflige?c1550 expugnate1568 expugn1570 victor1576 dismay1596 damnify1598 triumph1605 convict1607 overman1609 thrash1609 beat1611 debellate1611 import1624 to cut to (or in) pieces1632 maitrise1636 worst1636 forcea1641 outfight1650 outgeneral1767 to cut up1803 smash1813 slosh1890 ream1918 hammer1948 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat shendc893 overwinOE overheaveOE mate?c1225 to say checkmatea1346 vanquishc1366 stightlea1375 outrayc1390 to put undera1393 forbeat1393 to shave (a person's) beardc1412 to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425 adawc1440 supprisec1440 to knock downc1450 to put to the worsta1475 waurc1475 convanquish1483 to put out1485 trima1529 convince1548 foil1548 whip1571 evict1596 superate1598 reduce1605 convict1607 defail1608 cast1610 banga1616 evince1620 worst1646 conquer1655 cuffa1657 trounce1657 to ride down1670 outdo1677 routa1704 lurcha1716 fling1790 bowl1793 lick1800 beat1801 mill1810 to row (someone) up Salt River1828 defeat1830 sack1830 skunk1832 whop1836 pip1838 throw1850 to clean out1858 take1864 wallop1865 to sock it to1877 whack1877 to clean up1888 to beat out1893 to see off1919 to lower the boom on1920 tonk1926 clobber1944 ace1950 to run into the ground1955 1607 Pilgr. Princes 11 [Hippolita] being convicted by Theseus, for her singular stoutnes and courage, was married to him. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. iv. 2 A whole Armado of conuicted saile Is scattered and dis-ioyn'd from fellowship. View more context for this quotation Derivatives conˈvicting n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > [adjective] > impressing with sense of convicting1865 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > repentance or contrition > [adjective] > impressing with sense of sin or error convicting1865 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > [adjective] > convicting or condemning convicting1868 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Eviction, an eviction, convincement, or convicting. 1865 C. J. Vaughan Plain Words (1866) xi. 211 These accusing and convicting consciences. 1868 Daily News 13 Aug. The belief of the convicting magistrates. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.11530n.21567adj.a1340v.c1366 |
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