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English Dictionary: convict	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for convict
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
convict n a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird] a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense v find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced" Antonym(s): acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convict \Convict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Convicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Convicting}.] 1. To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience. He [Baxter] . . . had been convicted by a jury. --Macaulay. They which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one. --John viii. 9. 2. To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 3. To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove. Imagining that these proofs will convict* a testament, to have that in it which other men can nowhere by reading find. --Hooker. 4. To defeat; to doom to destruction. [Obs.] A whole armado of convicted sail. --Shak. Syn: To confute; defect; convince; confound.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convict \Convict"\, p.a. [L. convictus, p. p. of convincere to convict, prove. See {Convice}.] Proved or found guilty; convicted. [Obs.] --Shak. Convict* by flight, and rebel to all law. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convict \Con"vict\, n. 1. A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime. 2. A criminal sentenced to penal servitude. Syn: Malefactor; culprit; felon; criminal.