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† reˈvince, v. Obs.
[ad. L. revincĕre, f. re- re- + vincĕre to conquer, subdue.]
1. trans. To refute, disprove.
1529More Dyaloge iv. Wks. 254/2 The king..effectually reuinced and confuted the..pestilent boke of Luther. 1570Foxe A. & M. (ed. 2) 976/2 When he shoulde see his errour by manifest and sound testimonies of scriptures reuinced. 1640G. Watts tr. Bacon's De Aug. Sci. iv. i. 178 The opinion of Copernicus,..because it is not repugnant to the Phœnomena, cannot be revinced by Astronomicall Principles. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies i. xii. 44 As if Astrology were a close and cunning Faculty, and afraid..to be revinced by ordinary experience.
2. To restore to a possession.
1584Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 355 The saidis personis..to be consolidat and revincit, likas his hienes consolidatis and revincis thame to þe saidis beneficis. |
