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Definition of Convincible
1. Adjective. Being susceptible to persuasion.
Similar to: Susceptible
Derivative terms: Convince, Persuade, Persuade
Definition of Convincible
1. a. Capable of being convinced or won over.
Definition of Convincible
1. Adjective. Capable of being convinced or won over. ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete) Capable of being and disproved by argument; refutable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Convincible
Literary usage of Convincible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Kaffir-English Dictionary by Albert Kropf (1899)
"To yield, give up a contest, submit, give way ; to be conquerable, convincible.
... convincible ..."
2. Sir Thomas Browne's Religio Medici: Letter to a Friend &c., and Christian Morals by Thomas Browne (1881)
"CONVEYANCE. /ower or means of trans/ortation, 54. pen. convincible MADNESS,
capable of/rca!, 72. 25 (convincible FAI.SITIES, used in Pseud. F/id. iii. 9, p. ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1894)
"... mony from various quarters to convince him that Morus was not really the
author, had he been convincible ..."
4. Religio Medici: A Letter to a Friend, Christian Morals, Urn-burial, and by Sir Thomas Browne, James Thomas Fields (1862)
"Now to determine the day and year of this inevitable tune is not only convincible
and statute-madness, but also manifest impiety. ..."
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