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to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests
- we convinced him to keep silent about our activities until we could spring the surprise
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“Convince.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convince. Accessed 12 December 2019.
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The first known use of convince was in 1530
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