Noah Webster
Convince
CONVINCE, verb transitive [Latin , to vanquish.]
1. To persuade or satisfy the mind by evidence; to subdue the opposition of the mind to truth, or to what is alledged, and compel it to yield its assent; as, to convince a man of his errors; or to convince him of the truth.
For he mightily convinced the Jews--showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ. Acts 18:28.
2. To convict; to prove guilty; to constrain one to admit or acknowledge himself to be guilty.
If ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of [by] the law as transgressors. James 2:9.
To convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds. Jude 1:15.
3. To envince; to prove.
4. To overpower; to surmount; to vanquish.