v. – to make somebody/yourself believe that something is true.

e.g. –

• I convinced my boss for salary increment.
• Mr English is convinced by me to learn English.

In Hindi – v. राजी करना (raji karana), विश्वास दिलाना (vishvas dilana).

Synonym – assure, get, persuade, prompt, satisfy, sway.

Antonym – discourage, fail, dissuade, stop, prevent.

Cognate word – Conjugate – convince (convinced – 2nd and 3rd form of a verb)

• adj. – convinced, convincing, convincible

• adv. – convincingly

• v. – convinced, convincing