Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

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. — Shakespeare
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. — Atterbury
3.
To confute; to prove the fallacy of. [Obsolete]
God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. — Bacon
4.
To prove guilty; to convict. [Obsolete]
Which of you convinceth me of sin? — John viii. 46
Seek not to convince me of a crime Which I can ne'er repent, nor you can pardon. — Dryden