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convinced

American  
[kuhn-vinst] / kənˈvɪnst /

adjective

  1. moved by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action.

    By the age of fifteen, after reading Marx, Engels, and Lenin, he was a convinced communist.

  2. persuaded to do something by being cajoled, manipulated, coaxed, etc..

    Those expensive bells and whistles are just cosmetic features to woo the easily convinced buyer.

verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of convince.

Other Word Forms

  • convincedly adverb
  • convincedness noun
  • half-convinced adjective
  • quasi-convinced adjective
  • unconvinced adjective
  • well-convinced adjective

Etymology

Origin of convinced

First recorded in 1630–40; convince ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; convince ( def. ) + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense

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