convey
English
/kənˈveɪ/
verb
Definitions
- To move (something) from one place to another.
- (dated) To take or carry (someone) from one place to another.
- To communicate; to make known; to portray.
- (legal) To transfer legal rights (to).
- (obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out.
- (obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French conveier.
Origin
Old French
conveier
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Cognates and derived terms
- conveyability English
- conveyable English
- conveyal English
- conveyer English
- conveyest English
- conveyeth English
- conveyor English
- conveyor belt English
- conveyor-broiler English
- conveyorise English
- conveyorization English
- conveyorize English
- conveyorless English
- misconvey English
- reconvey English
- unconveyable English
- конвейер Russian
- conveier Old French