convince
to make someone believe or agree
Roots
- com-: with, together, complete, or intensified
- vinc / vict: conquer, overcome, or win
Other words with the vinc / vict root
- conviction: firm belief; a formal finding of guilt
- invincible: impossible to defeat
- vanquish: to defeat completely
- victory: success after struggle or defeat of an opponent
Convince keeps the overcoming image in the mind: an argument wins through resistance.
One clean example convinced her more than a page of definitions.