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C — Contraction to Copy (Part 6 of 10)

    5. Application, appropriation, employment.

Convert, v. a.

    1. Transmute, transform, change.
    2. Change the heart of, regenerate, create anew, re-create, renew.
    3. Interchange, transpose, reverse, turn about.
    4. Appropriate, apply.

Convertible, a. Interchangeable.

Convex, a. Gibbous, protuberant, rounding (outwardly).

Convex lens. Burning-glass.

Convey, v. a.

    1. Carry, bear, bring, transmit, transport, waft, fetch.
    2. Transfer, alienate, abalienate, consign, demise, devolve, cede, grant, devise, sell, deliver over, make over.

Conveyance, n.

    1. Transfer, demise, alienation, cession, transferrence.
    2. Transfer, conveying, carrying, carriage, transmission.
    3. Carriage, vehicle.

Convict, v. a.

    1. Prove or find guilty.
    2. Convince (of sin), make sensible, rouse to a sense.

Convict, n. Malefactor, criminal, felon, culprit, condemned person.

Conviction, n.

    1. Proof of guilt, detection in guilt.