CONVEY

convey

(verb) (of information) make known; pass on; “She conveyed the message to me”

carry, convey, express

(verb) serve as a means for expressing something; “The painting of Mary carries motherly love”; “His voice carried a lot of anger”

bring, get, convey, fetch

(verb) go or come after and bring or take back; “Get me those books over there, please”; “Could you bring the wine?”; “The dog fetched the hat”

bring, convey, take

(verb) take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; “Bring me the box from the other room”; “Take these letters to the boss”; “This brings me to the main point”

impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel

(verb) transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; “Sound carries well over water”; “The airwaves carry the sound”; “Many metals conduct heat”

convey

(verb) transmit a title or property

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

convey (third-person singular simple present conveys, present participle conveying, simple past and past participle conveyed)

To move (something) from one place to another.

(dated) To take or carry (someone) from one place to another.

To communicate; to make known; to portray.

(legal) To transfer legal rights (to).

(obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out.

(obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.

Synonyms

• (to move something from one place to another): carry, transport

• (to take someone from one place to another): accompany, conduct (archaic), escort

• (to communicate a message): express, send, relay

Source: Wiktionary


Con*vey", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conveyed; p.pr. & vb.n. Conveying.] Etym: [OF. conveir, convoier, to escort, convoy, F. convoyer, LL. conviare, fr. L. con- + via way. See Viaduct, Voyage, and cf. Convoy.]

1. To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport. I will convey them by sea in fleats. 1 Kings v. 9. Convey me to my bed, then to my grave. Shak.

2. To cause to pass from one place or person to another; to serve as a medium in carrying (anything) from one place or person to another; to transmit; as, air conveys sound; words convey ideas.

3. To transfer or deliver to another; to make over, as property; more strictly (Law), to transfer (real estate) or pass (a title to real estate) by a sealed writing. The Earl of Desmond . . . secretly conveyed all his lands to feoffees in trust. Spenser.

4. To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to convey information. Men fill one another's heads with noise and sound, but convey not thereby their thoughts. Locke.

5. To manage with privacy; to carry out. [Obs.] I . . . will convey the business as I shall find means. Shak.

6. To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve. [Obs.]

7. To accompany; to convoy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Syn.

– To carry; transport; bear; transmit; trnsfer.

Con*vey", v. i.

Definition: To play the thief; to steal. [Cant] But as I am Crack, I will convey, crossbite, and cheat upon Simplicius. Marston.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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