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convict

verb
/kənˈvɪkt//ˈkɒnvɪkt/UK/ˈkɑnvɪkt/US

Etymology

From Middle English convicten, from Anglo-Norman convicter, from Latin convictus, the past participle of convincō (“to convict”). Doublet of convince. Displaced native Old English forwyrċan (“to convict, condemn”).

  1. derived from convictus
  2. derived from convicter
  3. inherited from convicten

Definitions

  1. To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.

    • He was a convicted felon.
    • His remarks convicted him of a lack of sensitivity.
    • And his subjects wrung all they could wring / Out of temple and palace and store. / But when there seemed no more to bring, / His captors convicted the king / Of once having started a war, / And strangled the wretch with a string.

  2. To convince, persuade

    To convince, persuade; to cause (someone) to believe in (something).

  3. A person convicted of a crime by a judicial body.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A person deported to a penal colony.

    2. The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a…

      The convict cichlid (Amatitlania nigrofasciata), also known as the zebra cichlid, a popular aquarium fish, with stripes that resemble a prison uniform.

    3. A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and…

      A common name for the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), owing to its black and gray stripes.

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Derived

convictable, nonconvicted, reconvict, self-convicted, unconvict, unconvicted, con, convict hour, convictism, ex-convict

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at convict. 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 convict. 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 convict

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