Hypertext Webster Gateway: "convey"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Convey \Con*vey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conveyed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Conveying}.] [OF. conveir, convoier, to escort, convoy,
F. convoyer, LL. conviare, fr. L. con- + via way. See
{Viaduct}, {Voyage}, and cf. {Convoy}.]
1. To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.

I will convey them by sea in fleats. --1 Kings v.
9.

Convey me to my bed, then to my grave. --Shak.

2. To cause to pass from one place or person to another; to
serve as a medium in carrying (anything) from one place or
person to another; to transmit; as, air conveys sound;
words convey ideas.

3. To transfer or deliver to another; to make over, as
property; more strictly (Law), to transfer (real estate)
or pass (a title to real estate) by a sealed writing.

The Earl of Desmond . . . secretly conveyed all his
lands to feoffees in trust. --Spenser.

4. To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to
convey information.

Men fill one another's heads with noise and sound,
but convey not thereby their thoughts. --Locke.

5. To manage with privacy; to carry out. [Obs.]

I . . . will convey the business as I shall find
means. --Shak.

6. To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
[Obs.]

7. To accompany; to convoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Syn: To carry; transport; bear; transmit; trnsfer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Convey \Con*vey"\, v. i.
To play the thief; to steal. [Cant]

But as I am Crack, I will convey, crossbite, and cheat
upon Simplicius. --Marston.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

convey
v 1: make known; pass on, of information [syn: {impart}]
2: serve as a means for expressing something: "The painting of
Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot af
anger" [syn: {carry}, {express}]
3: transfer to another; "communicate a disease" [syn: {transmit},
{communicate}]
4: (law) transmit a title or property
5: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission, as of
sounds or images; "Sound carries well over water"; "The
airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"
[syn: {conduct}, {transmit}, {carry}, {channel}]
6: take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me
the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the
boss"; also metaphorical, as in "This brings me to the
main point" [syn: {bring}, {take}]
7: go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books
over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog
fetched the hat" [syn: {bring}, {get}, {fetch}] [ant: {take
away}]


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