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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Convict \Con*vict"\ (k[o^]n*v[i^]kt"), p. a. [L. convictus, p. p. of convincere to convict, prove. See Convice.] Proved or found guilty; convicted. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

    Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Convict \Con"vict\ (k[o^]n"v[i^]kt), n. 1. A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime. [1913 Webster]

    2. A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.

    Syn: Malefactor; culprit; felon; criminal. [1913 Webster]

  3.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Convict \Con*vict"\ (k[o^]n*v[i^]kt"), 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. [1913 Webster]

    He [Baxter] . . . had been convicted by a jury. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

    They which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one. --John viii. 9. [1913 Webster]

    2. To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

    3. To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove. [1913 Webster]

    Imagining that these proofs will convict a testament, to have that in it which other men can nowhere by reading find. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]

    4. To defeat; to doom to destruction. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

    A whole armado of convicted sail. --Shak.

    Syn: To confute; defect; convince; confound. [1913 Webster]