convincible

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

convince +‎ -ible

Adjective

convincible (comparative more convincible, superlative most convincible)

  1. Capable of being convinced or won over.
  2. (obsolete) Capable of being disproved by argument; refutable.
    • 1642, Tho[mas] Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici. […], 4th edition, London: […] E. Cotes for Andrew Crook […], published 1656, →OCLC:
      to determine the day and year of this inevitable time, is not only convincible and statute madness , but also manifest impiety

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “convincible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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