convicting
present participle of convict
Source: Wiktionary
Con*vict", p.a. Etym: [L. convictus, p.p. of convincere to convict, prove. See Convice.]
Definition: Proved or found guilty; convicted. [Obs.] Shak. Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. Milton.
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.
Con*vict", 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
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