Convey, 1) to carry, to transport (to or from a place): “our fraughtage I have --ed aboard,” Err. IV, 1, 88. “see him safe --ed home,” IV, 4, 125. “c. what I will set down to my lady,” Tw. IV, 2, 118. Shr. Ind. I, 37. R2 II, 1, 137. IV, 316. H6A I, 4, 110. II, 5, 120. H6B II, 4, 93. IV, 1, 68. IV, 1, 68 H6C III, 2, 120. IV, 3, 52. R3 I, 1, 45. V, 1, 28 (Ff lead). H8 V, 3, 89. Tit. I, 287. V, 1, 44. V, 3, 191. Rom. III, 5, 50. Lr. III, 7, 15. V, 3, 107. Ant. III, 11, 52. Absolutely: “by interims and --ing gusts we have heard the charges of our friends,” Cor. I, 6, 5.
2) to carry, to bear, or lead away: “some hole through which I may c. this troubled soul,” Lucr. 1176. “their mistress . . . through the skies in her light chariot quickly is --ed,” Ven. 1192. “c. my tristful queen,” H4A II, 4, 434. “c. him with safe conduct,” H5 I, 2, 297. to have him suddenly --ed away (viz to hell) R3 IV, 4, 76. “the weight we must c. with us,” Ant. III, 1, 36. which never could I so c., unless your thoughts went on my way, Per. IV Prol. 49.
3) to carry or carry away secretly or mysteriously: “thence she cannot be --ed away,” Gentl. III, 1, 37. “how shall I best c. the ladder thither?” Gentl. III, 1, 37 “I'll c. thee through the city-gate,” Gentl. III, 1, 37 “if you have a friend here, c. him out,” Wiv. III, 3, 125. “they --ed me into a buck-basket,” III, 5, 87. “there was one --ed out of my house in this basket,” IV, 2, 152. “an onion . . . which in a napkin being close --ed,” Shr. Ind. 1, 127. “he was --ed by Richard Duke of Gloster,” H6C IV, 6, 81. “into her womb c. sterility,” Lr. I, 4, 300. Reflectively: “behind the arras I'll c. myself,” Hml. III, 3, 28. cf. “c. thy deity aboard our dancing boat,” Per. III, 1, 12.
4) to do or manage with secrecy: “if she c. letters to Richmond, you shall answer it,” R3 IV, 2, 96 (== send secretly). “you may c. your pleasures in a spacious plenty,” Mcb. IV, 3, 71 (== indulge them secretly). “I will c. the business as I shall find means,” Lr. I, 2, 109. “--ed himself as heir to the lady Lingare,” H5 I, 2, 74.
5) Hence used as a cant term for to steal: “c. the wise it call,” Wiv. I, 3, 32. “O, good! c.? conveyers are you all,” R2 IV, 317. cf. “that a king's children should be so --ed,” Cymb. I, 1, 63. cf. H6C IV, 6, 81.
6) to communicate, to impart: “what obscured light the heavens did grant did but c. unto our fearful minds a doubtful warrant of immediate death,” Err. I, 1, 68. “the assault . . . fortune hath --ed to my understanding,” Meas. III, 1, 189. “if seriously I may c. my thoughts in this my light deliverance,” All's II, 1, 84. action may the rest c. Per. III Prol. 56.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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