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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.

Con*vict*i*ble (k&obreve;n*v&ibreve;kt"&ibreve;*b'l),
a. Capable of being convicted. [R.]
Ash.

Con*vic"tion (k&obreve;n*v&ibreve;k"shŭn),
n. [L. convictio proof: cf. F.
conviction conviction (in sense 3 & 4). See
Convict, Convince.] 1. The act
of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty
of an offense.


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