Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - convict
Convict
convict
v. & n. --v.tr. 1 (often foll. by of) prove to be guilty (of a crime etc.). 2 declare guilty by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge. --n. 1 a person found guilty of a criminal offence. 2 chiefly hist. a person serving a prison sentence, esp. in a penal colony. Etymology: ME f. L convincere convict- (as COM-, vincere conquer): noun f. obs. convict convicted
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I. adjective Date: 14th century having been ~ed, II. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~er, from Latin ~us, past participle of convincere to refute, ~ Date: 14th century transitive verb to find or prove to be guilty, to convince of error or sinfulness, intransitive verb to find a defendant guilty, III. noun Date: 15th century a person ~ed of and under sentence for a crime, a person serving a usually long prison sentence ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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