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conveyance

noun
/kənˈveɪəns/

Etymology

From Middle English conveiance, conveyaunce, equivalent to convey + -ance.

  1. inherited from conveiance,conveyaunce

Definitions

  1. An act or instance of conveying.

    • The times have changed in nothing more (we follow as we were wont the manuscript of Peter Pattieson,) than in the rapid conveyance of intelligence and communication betwixt one part of Scotland and another.
    • Three in a hansom cab is not, under all circumstances, the most comfortable method of conveyance […]

  2. A means of transporting, especially a vehicle.

    • Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

  3. An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to…

    An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To transfer (the title) of an object from one person or group of persons to another.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at conveyance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at conveyance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at conveyance

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA