Convince
Convince , transitive verb
[Latin convincere, -victum, to refute, prove; con- + vincere to conquer. See Victor, and compare Convict.]
1.
To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master. [Obsolete]
His two chamberlains
Will I with wine and wassail so convince
That memory, the warder of the brain,
Shall be a fume.
2.
To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof.
Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others.
3.
To confute; to prove the fallacy of. [Obsolete]
God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.
4.
To prove guilty; to convict. [Obsolete]
Which of you convinceth me of sin?
Seek not to convince me of a crime
Which I can ne'er repent, nor you can pardon.