\Con*vict"\, p.a. [L. convictus, p. p. of convincere to
convict, prove. See {Convice}.]
Proved or found guilty; convicted. [Obs.] --Shak.
      Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. --Milton.

\Con"vict\, n.
1. A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one
   legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some
   crime.
2. A criminal sentenced to penal servitude.
Syn: Malefactor; culprit; felon; criminal.

\Con*vict"\, 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.
         He [Baxter] . . . had been convicted by a jury.
                                               --Macaulay.
         They which heard it, being convicted by their own
         conscience, went out one by one.      --John viii.
                                               9.
2. To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute.
   [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
3. To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove.
         Imagining that these proofs will convict a
         testament, to have that in it which other men can
         nowhere by reading find.              --Hooker.
4. To defeat; to doom to destruction. [Obs.]
         A whole armado of convicted sail.     --Shak.
Syn: To confute; defect; convince; confound.