† convinciveadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Having the power of convincing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > [adjective]
forcible1573
convincent1613
proofful1631
convictive1634
convincible1647
coercive1650
convincivea1657
evident1709
convincing1749
psychagogical1822
psychagogic1846
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II cclxxvi, in Poems (1878) III. 206 If all These May be Convincive, wee haue Miracles.
Derivatives
conˈvincively adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > [adverb]
faithfullya1400
forcibly1578
persuadedly1638
convincively1646
convictively1664
convincingly1774
psychagogically1849
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. v. 291 Considerations..such as rightly understood, convinsively declare the wisdome of the Creator. View more context for this quotation
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