convince to conquer, to overcome:
“The holy suit which fain it would convince”
LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, v. 2.
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(prevail in) ;
“Will I with wine and wassail so convince,”
MACBETH, i. 7. 64
;
“to convince the honour of my mistress,”
CYMBELINE, i. 4. 91
;
“this truth shall ne'er convince,”
PERICLES, i. 2. 123
;
“Convinced or supplied them,”
OTHELLO, iv. 1. 28
;
“their malady convinces The great assay of art,”
MACBETH, iv. 3. 142.
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A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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