conveyv.¹

Brit.

/kənˈveɪ/, U.S.

/kənˈveɪ/

Forms: Middle English–1600s convei(e, convey(e, Middle English–1700s convay(e, (Middle English conway, cunvay, cumvay, 1500s cunvey), 1500s–1700s conveigh(e, Middle English– convey. Also 1500s (3rd singular) convys, convehyth.

Etymology: < Old French con-, cunveier, retained in Old Northern French, while in Central French it passed into convoier , now convoyer , < Latin con- + Old French veie , voie < Latin via way: compare the cognate Old French aveier to set on the way, desveier to turn out of the way, enveier to send on one's way, forsveier to put out of the way; also Italian conviare . At a later date the usual French form convoier , was adopted as convoy v. The Renaissance spellings conveigh , convehith , imply a mistaken notion of derivation < Latin convehĕre , to which convey is not related: compare inveigh v.

†1. transitive. To go along with (any one) on his way for the sake of company; to accompany in token of courtesy or honour, or as an escort; to set forward or bring (one) on his way; to convoy v. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > bring or take to a place

leadc825

conveya1375

accompany1426

bringa1500

assist1525

associate1548

hand1590

commit1598

see1603

to set out1725

set1740

trot1888

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 5111 Semli puple, went wiþ him on gate wel an fiue myle, to conueye him curtesli as kindnesse it wold.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12379 Quen þai him had couaid [Gött. conuaeid] sua, Forth in pes he bad þam ga.

c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 2687 Sho cunvayd him forth on his way.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. xvi. 11 Convaye hym forthe in peace.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxxiiij^v Aldermen were appointed to mete them at Barnet, and to conuey them to London.

1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 4 Mar. He was convey'd..to Westminster Hall by a prodigious Conflux of y^e Mob.

†2.

a. To go with as a guide; to lead, conduct, guide, by going with or otherwise. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > accompany as a guide

leada900

conduec1330

conductc1400

convey14..

condc1460

conducec1475

convoyc1480

carrya1522

wain1540

train1549

marshal1590

gallant1806

usha1824

trot1888

get1984

14.. Epiph. in Tundale's Vis. 105 They entred in to Jerusalem..Conveyd ever with the bryght beem Of the sterre.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 768 Godde glyddez his gate by þose grene wayez & he conueyen hym con with cast of his yȝe.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxvii. 538 Toke a yoman with hym to conveye hym the wey.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 498/1 I convaye one, or lede him on the way, je conduys.

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xcix. 188/1 They would send the ships emptie with Souldiers to conueye them, either to Syuil or Lisbone.

1663 J. Heath Flagellum (1672) 53 The King is at his earnest desire..conveighed to New-market House.

1713 R. Steele in Guardian 31 Mar. 2/1 The Lacquey conveyed her..to his Master's Lodging.

†b. figurative. Said of a way or gate: To lead, conduct.

ΚΠ

c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iv. 1336 Her open dores Conveigh to private lust.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 65 These brackish waters of Urine, convey to none, or few faithful Discoveries.

1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 7 A Doore to be so set as it may not convey the Wind toward the Chimney.

†3. To lead, take, or carry forcibly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > forcibly

conveya1450

a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 100 The duke was wrothe..and made her to be conueyed in a castel.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxxii. 656 The kynge..comaunded hem to a-rise erly on the morowe and conveye the prisoners till thei were in saf warde.

a. To transport, carry, take from one place to another. It formerly included the carrying of small or individual objects, where carry, take, or bring, is now used; but it is now used chiefly in reference to things in mass, or persons, forming the load of a ‘conveyance’ or vehicle.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)]

haveeOE

ferryOE

weighOE

bearOE

take?a1160

weve13..

carry1348

passa1350

tow1391

geta1393

convey1393

winc1400

transport1483

set1487

convoy1500

traduce1535

port1566

repair1612

vehiculate1628

transmute1683

transplant1769

gallant1806

transit1859

inveigh1878

waltz1884

sashay1928

conduct-

the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport

fangOE

flitc1175

convey1393

wainc1400

transport1483

traduce1535

port1566

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 8 This letter was conveied.

1516 Lyfe St. Birgette in Kalendre Newe Legende Eng. (Pynson) f. cxxvii He and his suster..cunueyed the relikes & the bones of..their moder to þ^e sayd Monastery.

1524 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 1. Preamble Marchaunt straungers..do dayly conveigh, transporte and carie out of this realme..wollen clothes.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xxvii He priuely prouided a ship..to convey the prince into y^e realme of Fraunce.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xxviii All men conueighyng letters from the one of vs to the other.

1670 Philos. Trans. 1669 (Royal Soc.) 4 1140 All..wonder how such a slender Glass could be safely conveighed hither.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xiii. 372 While the Gunner was busie, he convey'd the Book away, to look over it at his leisure.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 499. ¶2 They could not convey away many of their Effects.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vii. 638 He..sunk senseless, by his followers from the field Convey'd with timely speed.

1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xxxvii. 511 If the reader will convey his eye over the whole of the region coloured in the map.

1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. 663 The charge for conveying passengers is also very modest.

1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 21 Cattle..convey themselves about.

1891 G.W.R. Railway Time Table Horses and carriages are not conveyed by the under-mentioned trains. Luggage conveyed by these coaches will be charged for.

†b. To project to a distance, to ‘carry’ (a shot, etc.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > of gun: project (shot or missile)

convey1634

scatter1881

1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 79 The Sunne convayes its light thither, but never its heate.

1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade ii. iii. 171 The gun discharged shall convey the bullet wide from the mark..A piece of great Artillary mounted at 18 or 20 degrees..shall convey a shot the farthest.

c. In reference to things immaterial.

ΚΠ

1640 F. Quarles Enchyridion iv. c Convay thy love to thy Friend.

†5. To take away, to remove. Obsolete (except with away expressed.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away

ateec885

withbreidec890

animOE

overbearOE

to do awayOE

flitc1175

reavec1175

takec1175

to have away?a1300

to draw awayc1300

weve13..

to wend awaya1325

withdrawa1325

remuec1325

to carry away1363

to take away1372

waive1377

to long awaya1382

oftakec1390

to draw offa1398

to do froa1400

forflitc1420

amove?a1425

to carry out?a1425

surtrayc1440

surtretec1440

twistc1440

abstract1449

ostea1450

remove1459

ablatea1475

araisea1475

redd1479

dismove1480

diminish?1504

convey1530

alienate1534

retire1536

dimove1540

reversec1540

subtractc1540

submove1542

sublate1548

pare1549

to pull in1549

exempt1553

to shift off1567

retract?1570

renversec1586

aufer1587

to lay offa1593

rear1596

retrench1596

unhearse1596

exemea1600

remote1600

to set off1600

subduct1614

rob1627

extraneize1653

to bring off1656

to pull back1656

draft1742

extract1804

reef1901

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 497/2 I convaye, I take a thyng away out of a place. Je oste... Who hath convayed my cappe away?

a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Hj And with a trise thy head from thy shoulders I wyll conuay.

1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Persian Wars i. 4 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian I rather think his ear was cut off, and the Pearl conveighed away.

1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xxiii. 285 He had stolen the horse, and tied it up in the mountains till he should be able to convey it away secretly.

†6.

a. Often with a connotation of secrecy, mystery, or concealment; esp. to carry off clandestinely, to make away with. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > in a stealthy manner

steala1400

convey1526

smuggle1783

slive1821

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Liii In the meane tyme conueyng and hydyng the body of the deed shepe.

1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 163 One pixe and one hallywater fatte gone and conveighed awaie we know not howe.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 224 Whose Science, like a Jugler's Box and Balls, Conveys, and counterchanges true and false.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 145 The Mother Nightingale..Whose Nest some prying Churl had found, and thence, By Stealth, convey'd th' unfeather'd Innocence.

b. Hence, a euphemism for: To steal.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)]

pick?c1300

takec1300

fetch1377

bribec1405

usurpc1412

rapc1415

to rap and rendc1415

embezzle1495

lifta1529

pilfer1532

suffurate1542

convey?1545

mill1567

prig1567

strike1567

lag1573

shave1585

knave1601

twitch1607

cly1610

asport1621

pinch1632

snapa1639

nap1665

panyar1681

to carry off1684

to pick up1687

thievea1695

to gipsy away1696

bone1699

make1699

win1699

magg1762

snatch1766

to make off with1768

snavel1795

feck1809

shake1811

nail1819

geach1821

pull1821

to run off1821

smug1825

nick1826

abduct1831

swag1846

nobble1855

reef1859

snig1862

find1865

to pull off1865

cop1879

jump1879

slock1888

swipe1889

snag1895

rip1904

snitch1904

pole1906

glom1907

boost1912

hot-stuff1914

score1914

clifty1918

to knock off1919

snoop1924

heist1930

hoist1931

rabbit1943

to rip off1967

to have off1974

?1545 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture sig. B^v Take hede who taketh it [sc. thy spone] up Leste it be conuayde.

1548 T. Cranmer Catechismus sig. Niij^v I may conuey from hym an Oxe, Asse or an Horse. for he hathe greate plentye of all these thinges, and maye spare one or two of them.

1576 G. Wapull Tyde taryeth no Man sig. Aiii/2 I by that meane, Will conuey very cleane, And not be vnderstood.

1607 J. Marston What you Will in Wks. II. 260 (Farmer) I will convey, crossbite and cheat upon Simplicius.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iii. 26 Ni. The good humor is to steale at a minutes rest. Pist. Conuay: the wise it call: Steale? foh: a fico for the phrase.

1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom II. lix. 202 Teresa..was..detected in the very act of conveying a piece of plate, which was actually found concealed among her cloaths.

1878 A. Dobson in Eclectic Mag. Aug. 250 If they hint..That the ballad you sing is but merely ‘conveyed’ From the stock of the Arnes and the Purcells of yore.

†7. reflexive. To take oneself away, etc., remove; often furtively, to steal or slip away, in, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (reflexive)]

fersec1000

teec1275

voida1387

withdraw1390

takea1393

avoida1400

devoida1400

shifta1400

avyec1440

trussa1450

deferc1480

remove1530

convey1535

subtractc1540

subduce1542

retire?1548

substract1549

room1566

to take off1620

to make oneself scarce1809

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > withdraw, steal away [verb (reflexive)]

stealc1386

wile?a1400

diskenc1460

convey1535

sneak1680

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (reflexive)] > surreptitiously or subtly

wringa1525

shuffle1565

wreathea1571

insinuate1598

conveya1656

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxx. 11 They y^t se me in the strete, conveye them selues fro me.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lvi^v The citezens..would priuely steale and conueigh them selues away.

1611 Bible (King James) John v. 13 Iesus had conueyed himselfe away, a multitude being in that place.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 89 Then his Spirit offers, and conveighs it self into the heart.

1706 J. Potter Archæologia Græca (ed. 2) I. ii. xx. 362 One.., that had surreptitiously convey'd her self in amongst the rest.

8. To lead or conduct as a channel or medium; to transmit, be the medium of.

a. To lead or conduct (running water or the like), as a channel, pipe, or other passage; also to lead or conduct by or through such a channel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > convey by a channel or medium

conductc1420

derive1483

channel1560

carry1565

convey1601

conduit1628

transmit1664

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xxxii. 30 Ezechias..couered the hye water condyte in Gihon, and conveyed it vnder on the west syde of y^e cite of Dauid.]

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 110 A fountaine..out of which fresh water is drawne and conueighed..through pipes made of leather.

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 229 Hesdin formerly was contained in the Maes, before the waters were conveighed away by a new Channel.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 133 Thro' reeden Pipes convey the Golden Flood.

1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Sigismonda & Guiscardo 116 A rift there was, which from the mountain's height Conveyed a glimmering and malignant light.

1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (rev. ed.) App. p. xliv The small tube, that conveys the fire from that to the other end.

1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. i. xix. 121 What methods are most proper for conveying away water.

b. To conduct or transmit (sounds and other sensuous impressions).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > affect the senses [verb (transitive)] > convey sensuous impressions

convey1626

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §122 Impression of the Air with Sounds, asketh a Time to be conveighed to the Sense.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 157 To receive and conveigh to the Soul the impressions of external Objects.

1749 W. Shenstone Irregular Ode Come, gentle air..Convey the jasmin's breath divine, Convey the woodbine's rich perfume.

1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 21 The auditory nerves convey impressions of sound.

1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight ii. 19 The optic nerve can convey no other impression than that of light.

†9.

a. To transmit, transfer, or cause to pass; sometimes to transmit or transfer secretly or furtively. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > transmit

transmita1400

transmise1480

convey1528

communicate1534

demise1597

transmissa1643

1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. iii The issue of the doughter may nat conuey to hym the descent of heyre male.

1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha i. iii. 15 Such as..haue the charge of the Peace conueied vnder their other Offices.

1613 R. Tailor Hogge hath lost Pearle v. (stage direct.) Rebecca..seeming to put the keys under his bolster, conveyeth them into her pocket.

a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxiv. 8 She used deceit and fraud to conveigh the blessing to Isaac.

1683 T. Robinson in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 137 [A boring insect] conveying its eggs into the ilex, together with a venomous vehicle.

1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 51 The old Gentleman..got an Opportunity of conveying some of the Drops into a Glass of Wine.

†b. To transmit to posterity, to hand down. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > cause to descend by succession [verb (transitive)] > cause to descend by inheritance

traduce1568

convey1592

bequeath1614

transmit1629

deduce1633

to hand down1722

to pass down1854

1592 tr. F. Du Jon Apocalypsis ix. 4 He miserably set all christendome on fire, and conveyed over unto his successors the burning brand of the same.

1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 125 What Customs were used by them, for conveighing to Posterity, the Actions performed by their Ancestors.

1667 M. Poole Dialogue between Popish Priest & Protestant (1735) 204 What hath been, by constant Tradition, convey'd to them from the Apostles Times.

1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. (1960) i. §126. 251 It can never be understood, how a Divine Natural Right..should not be convey'd down to Posterity, without any Plain, Natural or Divine Rule concerning it.

1741 W. Oldys et al. Betterton's Hist. Eng. Stage Introd. 2 To convey the Names of some of our most eminent Players, to a little longer Date, than Nature has given their Bodies.

c. esp. To communicate, impart (a conception, sentiment, influence, benefit, etc.)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > [verb (transitive)]

showc1175

conveyc1386

directa1400

address1490

communicate1529

participate1531

import1565

discourse1591

tradit1657

to set out1695

trajecta1711

the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > impart

lendOE

common1340

parta1382

conveyc1386

impart1477

give1481

imprint1526

communicate1534

partake1561

impute1594

participate1598

communea1616

stamp1641

shove?a1650

conne1674

society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > convey as information

conveyc1386

importc1475

conversea1616

convoy1641

articulate1861

c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Prol. 55 He wold conveyen his matiere.

c1400 Romaunt Rose 2916 Whanne thyne eyen were thus in blisse..Alloone they can not have hir joye, But to the herte they conveye Part of her blisse.

?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Av He hadde good reason, suche thynges to conuaye.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 5 This Tongue was very fit to conuey the Law and the Gospel by.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxx. 177 Any influence..but such as is conveighed..from the Soveraign Authority.

1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell i. xxxi. 55 The Blessing which it was a Means of Conveighing to a great many Souls.

1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. ii. 57 I am sure they convey a loud lesson.

1859 C. Barker Devel. Associative Princ. ii. 56 These..exceptions serve but to convey a deeper impression of the complete wreck.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) Pref. 7 The attempt to convey scientific conceptions without the appeal to observation.

d. To communicate (ideas) by language or its equivalent; hence, to express in words (obsolete); words are also said to convey an idea or meaning.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > give expression to

sayOE

talkc1275

soundc1386

outc1390

shedc1420

utterc1445

conveya1568

discharge1586

vent1602

dicta1605

frame1608

voice1612

pass?1614

language1628

ventilate1637

to give venta1640

vend1657

clothe1671

to take out1692

to give mouth to1825

verbalize1840

to let out1853

vocalize1872

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > mean, signify, express [verb (transitive)]

tokenc888

meaneOE

sayOE

bequeathc1175

signifya1382

beara1400

bemeana1400

soundc1400

designc1429

applyc1450

betoken1502

express1526

conveya1568

intend1572

carry1584

denotate1597

pronounce1610

to set out1628

implya1640

speak1645

denote1668

designate1741

describe1808

enunciate1859

a1568 R. Ascham in A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. (1576) 443 A cunningly compiled and a learnedly conveyed history.

1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxiiii. 109 One heart of two, two Soules to one, by Wedlocke is conuaide.

1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. A2 There is no Act, Statute, nor Lawe so strickt conueyed, but there be straight found starting holes to auoide it.

1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 599 Means, or Signs, whereby they would Express, or Convey their Thoughts one to another.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 242 Something more is meant than what the words literally convey.

1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. (1878) xi. 213 What I say may fail utterly to convey what I mean.

1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxvi. 93 A tone which conveyed at once surprise and intensest satisfaction.

1884 Manch. Examiner 17 May 4/7 Such words..suggest, if they do not convey, the impression that the efforts..spring from motives which are open to censure.

1888 Times (Weekly ed.) 21 Dec. 13/2 Do you mean to convey it that it was known that you…?

†e. reflexive. To express oneself. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > expression > [verb (reflexive)]

express1549

convey1641

vent1650

to throw out1658

communicate1837

1641 W. Hakewill Libertie of Subj. 4 That I may the better convey my selfe through my Argument, and be the better conceived of you.

10. To transfer or make over (as property) to another; now only in Law, to transfer or make over by deed or legal process. absol. To make conveyance.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > transfer [verb (transitive)]

assign1297

bequeathc1305

alienc1400

analy1405

releasea1425

alienate?a1475

to make over1478

convey1495

transport1523

to put over1542

dispone?1548

design1573

pass1587

to set over1594

transfer1598

abalienate1646

attorn1649

demise1670

enure1736

to will away1773

divest1790

society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [verb (transitive)] > grant by charter or deed

bookOE

convey1495

assure1572

reassure1592

granta1599

grant1766

deed1816

1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 60 §1 The seid Hugh [shall] also be enhabled..the same londes..to convey as heire to the seid John Mayne.

a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xxiv, in Wks. (1662) 65 To deprive..them..of such goods, and to convey the same unto men of secular calling.

1629 Vse of Law 62 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light Lands may be conveyed six maner of wayes 1 By Feofment. 2 By Fine. 3 By Recoverie. 4 By Vse. 5 By Couenant. 6 By Will.

1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. ii. §4. 21 He is said to part with his right, who either absolutely renounceth it, or conveys it to another.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 103 If a tenant in tail agrees to convey, he is bound by that agreement.

1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. ii. vi. 209 The cost of conveying a small estate is..in proportion to its value, much greater than the cost of conveying a large one.

1881 J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde ii. 30 By this charter, De Morville conveys to the blessed Mary and St. Leonard..that land where the Hospital is situated.

†11. To bring down by succession, to derive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > descendant > descend [verb (transitive)] > bring down by succession

conveyc1430

c1430 J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep 9 Be dissent conveyed the pedegrewe Frome the patryarke Abrahame.

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 44 Hyr nobyl and royal Kynrede Conveyde from david down lyneally.

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 387 The same also did convey theyr Succession from the priesthood of Aaron.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V i. ii. 74 [Hugh Capet] Conuaid himselfe as heire to the Lady Inger.

1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 56 a The house of Æacus, from whence by auncient descent..she was lineally conueied.

†12.

Thesaurus »

a. To conduct (an affair); to carry on, manage; to conduct or carry out to a conclusion.

b. To manage with secrecy, privacy, or craft. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > manage or administer

steerc888

leadc1175

guyc1330

guidec1374

governa1382

ministera1382

treat1387

administer1395

dispose1398

skift?a1400

warda1400

solicit1429

to deal with1469

handlea1470

execute1483

convoy?a1513

conveyc1515

mayne1520

to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handa1522

keepa1535

administrate1538

solicitate1547

to dispose of1573

manure1583

carry1600

manage1609

negotiate1619

conduct1632

to carry on1638

mesnage1654

nurse1745

work1841

operate1850

run1857

stage-manage1906

ramrod1920

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xlii. 138 She saw well that her dede shold the surelyer be conuayed.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 498/1 He convayeth his maters as wisely as any man that I knowe.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes (1564) 11 That we maie gouerne & conueigh, aswel our own priuate matters, as also the publique affaires of the common weale.

1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng Pref. sig. **^v When and betwene whom, warres haue befall..How the same haue been, conueighed & wrought.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ii. 101 I shall..conuey the businesse as I shall see meanes.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 193 He had a secret contrivance, wherein he conveyed his exceedings above his Monasticall pittance.

†c. reflexive. To conduct oneself; to behave (French se porter). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > behave or conduct oneself [verb (reflexive)]

wieldOE

leadc1175

bear?c1225

steera1250

to take onc1275

contain1297

to shift one's handa1300

demeanc1320

guyc1325

govern1340

keep1362

havec1390

rulec1390

guide14..

conceivea1425

maintain?a1425

maynea1425

behavec1440

disporta1450

orderc1487

use1497

handle?1529

convey1530

gesture1542

treat1568

carry1584

deport1598

bestow1606

comport1616

mienc1680

conduct1706

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 498/1 He hath convayed him selfe in his office as wysely as any man I sawe these seven yeres.

†13. = carry v. (Branch II): To bear, support, sustain; reflexive to support oneself, keep or maintain oneself. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > [verb (reflexive)] > sustain life

convey1514

subsist1612

the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)]

to bear upeOE

underbearc950

bearOE

holdc1000

weighc1200

to hold up1297

upholda1300

sustainc1330

undersetc1330

comforta1382

underbear1382

upbear1390

sustaina1398

upkeepc1412

carrya1425

supporta1425

chargea1500

convey1514

avoke1529

confirm1542

stay1548

to carry up1570

bolster1581

lift1590

upstay1590

atlas1593

sustent1605

statuminatea1628

firm1646

appui1656

establish1664

shoulder1674

to keep up1681

upheave1729

withhold1769

1514 Mem. Constables Tournay in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. iv. 7 What time they have paid al their duty, many a one have not a peny left to convey himself for the three months to come..What time any of the said garrison hath not mony to convey themselves and their households.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xi. 178 The pleasant dwellings which they [sc. the mountains] conuey in them.

1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. xiii. 276 When Sleep conveighs our Dreams.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	convey
释义	† conveyn. Forms: Also 1500s conveie, ( -veighe, -veyghe). Etymology: < convey v.¹: compare convoy n. Obsolete. 1. The act of conveying in various senses. a. Conveyance from place to place, transport. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [noun] carryinga1382 passinga1382 carriage1423 portage1423 traduction1500 transporting1500 conveyancec1520 transportation1540 convoy1554 wafting1559 transportage1562 convey1587 portation1598 transportance1609 transport1611 weftage1615 conducta1618 vecture1625 vectitation1656 transit1753 messagerie1878 conveyal1886 intermodalism1979 the world > movement > transference > [noun] > conveying or transporting adductiona1398 carriage1423 conveying1483 transporting1500 conveyancec1520 convey1587 transportance1609 transport1611 transvection1615 transportal1837 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) iii. xvj. 30/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I He appointed to transport his armie ouer into Gallia at two conueies [1577 conuoyes]. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 69 b Ships, for safe conuey of his armye ouer. b. Conveyance of property; transference. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > [noun] release1344 alienationc1425 conveying1483 transportc1485 state making1487 conveyance1523 designation1573 transferring1573 assignation1579 dispose1591 assignment1592 convey1592 disposing1638 disposurea1649 attornment1650 abalienation1656 transfer1674 disposal1697 conveyancing1714 transference1766 disposition1861 1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. D Though..[he] make a conuey of al his lands to the vsurer. 2. Conduct of life; = convoy n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > way of life > [noun] > action of conducting life in specific way livingc1350 convoy?a1513 convey1567 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. ix. sig. Aaiv^v Her honeste conueyghe and integretie of lyfe, seamed to deserue no lesse then the vertue of Lucresia. 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. ix. sig. A a viij b For the better conveighe of their abhominable lyfe. 3. The act of convoying or escorting, escort; = convoy n. 9. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > an honourable escort > the act of conveyance1503 convoy1557 convey1611 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xvii. 679/2 Hee found the Lord Hastings his Chamberlaine, well accompanied for his Conuey. 4. An accompanying and protecting force either by sea or land; an escort; = convoy n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for guard duty > escort coveyc1325 convoy1553 convey1579 escort1579 safeguard1633 1579 L. Digges & T. Digges Stratioticos 109 A reasonable convey of Horse~men for the safetie of such as bring victuals to the Campe. 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries i. 78 b That Duke Lodwyke should be sent with a safe conuay vnto the borders of the empire. 16.. J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 32 ( anno 1648 ) If I desired a safe convey thither, he would readily procure it. a1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 318 We were faine to hire a strong Convoy [MS Convey] of about 30 Firelocks to guard us through the Cork-Woods. 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses vii. 295 But 'gainst your will I will not make you stay..To morrow shall be ready your convey. 5. A train of provisions and ammunition under the protection of an escort; = convoy n. 11. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > [noun] > a train of > under escort convoy1575 convey1577 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1483/2 The Frenchmen were comming with their conuey of victualles to refreshe the Towne. 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 351/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The same armie..passing foorth with a conueie of vittels vnto Hadington. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). conveyv.¹ Brit. /kənˈveɪ/, U.S. /kənˈveɪ/ Forms: Middle English–1600s convei(e, convey(e, Middle English–1700s convay(e, (Middle English conway, cunvay, cumvay, 1500s cunvey), 1500s–1700s conveigh(e, Middle English– convey. Also 1500s (3rd singular) convys, convehyth. Etymology: < Old French con-, cunveier, retained in Old Northern French, while in Central French it passed into convoier , now convoyer , < Latin con- + Old French veie , voie < Latin via way: compare the cognate Old French aveier to set on the way, desveier to turn out of the way, enveier to send on one's way, forsveier to put out of the way; also Italian conviare . At a later date the usual French form convoier , was adopted as convoy v. The Renaissance spellings conveigh , convehith , imply a mistaken notion of derivation < Latin convehĕre , to which convey is not related: compare inveigh v. †1. transitive. To go along with (any one) on his way for the sake of company; to accompany in token of courtesy or honour, or as an escort; to set forward or bring (one) on his way; to convoy v. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > bring or take to a place leadc825 conveya1375 accompany1426 bringa1500 assist1525 associate1548 hand1590 commit1598 see1603 to set out1725 set1740 trot1888 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 5111 Semli puple, went wiþ him on gate wel an fiue myle, to conueye him curtesli as kindnesse it wold. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12379 Quen þai him had couaid [Gött. conuaeid] sua, Forth in pes he bad þam ga. c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 2687 Sho cunvayd him forth on his way. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. xvi. 11 Convaye hym forthe in peace. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxxiiij^v Aldermen were appointed to mete them at Barnet, and to conuey them to London. 1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 4 Mar. He was convey'd..to Westminster Hall by a prodigious Conflux of y^e Mob. †2. a. To go with as a guide; to lead, conduct, guide, by going with or otherwise. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > accompany as a guide leada900 conduec1330 conductc1400 convey14.. condc1460 conducec1475 convoyc1480 carrya1522 wain1540 train1549 marshal1590 gallant1806 usha1824 trot1888 get1984 14.. Epiph. in Tundale's Vis. 105 They entred in to Jerusalem..Conveyd ever with the bryght beem Of the sterre. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 768 Godde glyddez his gate by þose grene wayez & he conueyen hym con with cast of his yȝe. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxvii. 538 Toke a yoman with hym to conveye hym the wey. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 498/1 I convaye one, or lede him on the way, je conduys. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. xcix. 188/1 They would send the ships emptie with Souldiers to conueye them, either to Syuil or Lisbone. 1663 J. Heath Flagellum (1672) 53 The King is at his earnest desire..conveighed to New-market House. 1713 R. Steele in Guardian 31 Mar. 2/1 The Lacquey conveyed her..to his Master's Lodging. †b. figurative. Said of a way or gate: To lead, conduct. ΚΠ c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iv. 1336 Her open dores Conveigh to private lust. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 65 These brackish waters of Urine, convey to none, or few faithful Discoveries. 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 7 A Doore to be so set as it may not convey the Wind toward the Chimney. †3. To lead, take, or carry forcibly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > forcibly conveya1450 a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 100 The duke was wrothe..and made her to be conueyed in a castel. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxxii. 656 The kynge..comaunded hem to a-rise erly on the morowe and conveye the prisoners till thei were in saf warde. 4. a. To transport, carry, take from one place to another. It formerly included the carrying of small or individual objects, where carry, take, or bring, is now used; but it is now used chiefly in reference to things in mass, or persons, forming the load of a ‘conveyance’ or vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] haveeOE ferryOE weighOE bearOE take?a1160 weve13.. carry1348 passa1350 tow1391 geta1393 convey1393 winc1400 transport1483 set1487 convoy1500 traduce1535 port1566 repair1612 vehiculate1628 transmute1683 transplant1769 gallant1806 transit1859 inveigh1878 waltz1884 sashay1928 conduct- the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport fangOE flitc1175 convey1393 wainc1400 transport1483 traduce1535 port1566 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 8 This letter was conveied. 1516 Lyfe St. Birgette in Kalendre Newe Legende Eng. (Pynson) f. cxxvii He and his suster..cunueyed the relikes & the bones of..their moder to þ^e sayd Monastery. 1524 Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 1. Preamble Marchaunt straungers..do dayly conveigh, transporte and carie out of this realme..wollen clothes. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xxvii He priuely prouided a ship..to convey the prince into y^e realme of Fraunce. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xxviii All men conueighyng letters from the one of vs to the other. 1670 Philos. Trans. 1669 (Royal Soc.) 4 1140 All..wonder how such a slender Glass could be safely conveighed hither. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xiii. 372 While the Gunner was busie, he convey'd the Book away, to look over it at his leisure. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 499. ¶2 They could not convey away many of their Effects. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vii. 638 He..sunk senseless, by his followers from the field Convey'd with timely speed. 1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xxxvii. 511 If the reader will convey his eye over the whole of the region coloured in the map. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. 663 The charge for conveying passengers is also very modest. 1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 21 Cattle..convey themselves about. 1891 G.W.R. Railway Time Table Horses and carriages are not conveyed by the under-mentioned trains. Luggage conveyed by these coaches will be charged for. †b. To project to a distance, to ‘carry’ (a shot, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > of gun: project (shot or missile) convey1634 scatter1881 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 79 The Sunne convayes its light thither, but never its heate. 1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade ii. iii. 171 The gun discharged shall convey the bullet wide from the mark..A piece of great Artillary mounted at 18 or 20 degrees..shall convey a shot the farthest. c. In reference to things immaterial. ΚΠ 1640 F. Quarles Enchyridion iv. c Convay thy love to thy Friend. †5. To take away, to remove. Obsolete (except with away expressed.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > remove or take away ateec885 withbreidec890 animOE overbearOE to do awayOE flitc1175 reavec1175 takec1175 to have away?a1300 to draw awayc1300 weve13.. to wend awaya1325 withdrawa1325 remuec1325 to carry away1363 to take away1372 waive1377 to long awaya1382 oftakec1390 to draw offa1398 to do froa1400 forflitc1420 amove?a1425 to carry out?a1425 surtrayc1440 surtretec1440 twistc1440 abstract1449 ostea1450 remove1459 ablatea1475 araisea1475 redd1479 dismove1480 diminish?1504 convey1530 alienate1534 retire1536 dimove1540 reversec1540 subtractc1540 submove1542 sublate1548 pare1549 to pull in1549 exempt1553 to shift off1567 retract?1570 renversec1586 aufer1587 to lay offa1593 rear1596 retrench1596 unhearse1596 exemea1600 remote1600 to set off1600 subduct1614 rob1627 extraneize1653 to bring off1656 to pull back1656 draft1742 extract1804 reef1901 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 497/2 I convaye, I take a thyng away out of a place. Je oste... Who hath convayed my cappe away? a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Hj And with a trise thy head from thy shoulders I wyll conuay. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Persian Wars i. 4 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian I rather think his ear was cut off, and the Pearl conveighed away. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xxiii. 285 He had stolen the horse, and tied it up in the mountains till he should be able to convey it away secretly. †6. a. Often with a connotation of secrecy, mystery, or concealment; esp. to carry off clandestinely, to make away with. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > in a stealthy manner steala1400 convey1526 smuggle1783 slive1821 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Liii In the meane tyme conueyng and hydyng the body of the deed shepe. 1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 163 One pixe and one hallywater fatte gone and conveighed awaie we know not howe. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 224 Whose Science, like a Jugler's Box and Balls, Conveys, and counterchanges true and false. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 145 The Mother Nightingale..Whose Nest some prying Churl had found, and thence, By Stealth, convey'd th' unfeather'd Innocence. View more context for this quotation b. Hence, a euphemism for: To steal. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)] pick?c1300 takec1300 fetch1377 bribec1405 usurpc1412 rapc1415 to rap and rendc1415 embezzle1495 lifta1529 pilfer1532 suffurate1542 convey?1545 mill1567 prig1567 strike1567 lag1573 shave1585 knave1601 twitch1607 cly1610 asport1621 pinch1632 snapa1639 nap1665 panyar1681 to carry off1684 to pick up1687 thievea1695 to gipsy away1696 bone1699 make1699 win1699 magg1762 snatch1766 to make off with1768 snavel1795 feck1809 shake1811 nail1819 geach1821 pull1821 to run off1821 smug1825 nick1826 abduct1831 swag1846 nobble1855 reef1859 snig1862 find1865 to pull off1865 cop1879 jump1879 slock1888 swipe1889 snag1895 rip1904 snitch1904 pole1906 glom1907 boost1912 hot-stuff1914 score1914 clifty1918 to knock off1919 snoop1924 heist1930 hoist1931 rabbit1943 to rip off1967 to have off1974 ?1545 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture sig. B^v Take hede who taketh it [sc. thy spone] up Leste it be conuayde. 1548 T. Cranmer Catechismus sig. Niij^v I may conuey from hym an Oxe, Asse or an Horse. for he hathe greate plentye of all these thinges, and maye spare one or two of them. 1576 G. Wapull Tyde taryeth no Man sig. Aiii/2 I by that meane, Will conuey very cleane, And not be vnderstood. 1607 J. Marston What you Will in Wks. II. 260 (Farmer) I will convey, crossbite and cheat upon Simplicius. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iii. 26 Ni. The good humor is to steale at a minutes rest. Pist. Conuay: the wise it call: Steale? foh: a fico for the phrase. View more context for this quotation 1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom II. lix. 202 Teresa..was..detected in the very act of conveying a piece of plate, which was actually found concealed among her cloaths. 1878 A. Dobson in Eclectic Mag. Aug. 250 If they hint..That the ballad you sing is but merely ‘conveyed’ From the stock of the Arnes and the Purcells of yore. †7. reflexive. To take oneself away, etc., remove; often furtively, to steal or slip away, in, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (reflexive)] fersec1000 teec1275 voida1387 withdraw1390 takea1393 avoida1400 devoida1400 shifta1400 avyec1440 trussa1450 deferc1480 remove1530 convey1535 subtractc1540 subduce1542 retire?1548 substract1549 room1566 to take off1620 to make oneself scarce1809 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > withdraw, steal away [verb (reflexive)] stealc1386 wile?a1400 diskenc1460 convey1535 sneak1680 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (reflexive)] > surreptitiously or subtly wringa1525 shuffle1565 wreathea1571 insinuate1598 conveya1656 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxx. 11 They y^t se me in the strete, conveye them selues fro me. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lvi^v The citezens..would priuely steale and conueigh them selues away. 1611 Bible (King James) John v. 13 Iesus had conueyed himselfe away, a multitude being in that place. View more context for this quotation a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 89 Then his Spirit offers, and conveighs it self into the heart. 1706 J. Potter Archæologia Græca (ed. 2) I. ii. xx. 362 One.., that had surreptitiously convey'd her self in amongst the rest. 8. To lead or conduct as a channel or medium; to transmit, be the medium of. a. To lead or conduct (running water or the like), as a channel, pipe, or other passage; also to lead or conduct by or through such a channel. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > convey by a channel or medium conductc1420 derive1483 channel1560 carry1565 convey1601 conduit1628 transmit1664 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xxxii. 30 Ezechias..couered the hye water condyte in Gihon, and conveyed it vnder on the west syde of y^e cite of Dauid.] 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 110 A fountaine..out of which fresh water is drawne and conueighed..through pipes made of leather. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 229 Hesdin formerly was contained in the Maes, before the waters were conveighed away by a new Channel. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 133 Thro' reeden Pipes convey the Golden Flood. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Sigismonda & Guiscardo 116 A rift there was, which from the mountain's height Conveyed a glimmering and malignant light. 1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (rev. ed.) App. p. xliv The small tube, that conveys the fire from that to the other end. 1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. i. xix. 121 What methods are most proper for conveying away water. b. To conduct or transmit (sounds and other sensuous impressions). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > affect the senses [verb (transitive)] > convey sensuous impressions convey1626 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §122 Impression of the Air with Sounds, asketh a Time to be conveighed to the Sense. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 157 To receive and conveigh to the Soul the impressions of external Objects. 1749 W. Shenstone Irregular Ode Come, gentle air..Convey the jasmin's breath divine, Convey the woodbine's rich perfume. 1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 21 The auditory nerves convey impressions of sound. 1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight ii. 19 The optic nerve can convey no other impression than that of light. †9. a. To transmit, transfer, or cause to pass; sometimes to transmit or transfer secretly or furtively. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > transmit transmita1400 transmise1480 convey1528 communicate1534 demise1597 transmissa1643 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. iii The issue of the doughter may nat conuey to hym the descent of heyre male. 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha i. iii. 15 Such as..haue the charge of the Peace conueied vnder their other Offices. 1613 R. Tailor Hogge hath lost Pearle v. (stage direct.) Rebecca..seeming to put the keys under his bolster, conveyeth them into her pocket. a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxiv. 8 She used deceit and fraud to conveigh the blessing to Isaac. 1683 T. Robinson in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 137 [A boring insect] conveying its eggs into the ilex, together with a venomous vehicle. 1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 51 The old Gentleman..got an Opportunity of conveying some of the Drops into a Glass of Wine. †b. To transmit to posterity, to hand down. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > cause to descend by succession [verb (transitive)] > cause to descend by inheritance traduce1568 convey1592 bequeath1614 transmit1629 deduce1633 to hand down1722 to pass down1854 1592 tr. F. Du Jon Apocalypsis ix. 4 He miserably set all christendome on fire, and conveyed over unto his successors the burning brand of the same. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 125 What Customs were used by them, for conveighing to Posterity, the Actions performed by their Ancestors. 1667 M. Poole Dialogue between Popish Priest & Protestant (1735) 204 What hath been, by constant Tradition, convey'd to them from the Apostles Times. 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. (1960) i. §126. 251 It can never be understood, how a Divine Natural Right..should not be convey'd down to Posterity, without any Plain, Natural or Divine Rule concerning it. 1741 W. Oldys et al. Betterton's Hist. Eng. Stage Introd. 2 To convey the Names of some of our most eminent Players, to a little longer Date, than Nature has given their Bodies. c. esp. To communicate, impart (a conception, sentiment, influence, benefit, etc.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > [verb (transitive)] showc1175 conveyc1386 directa1400 address1490 communicate1529 participate1531 import1565 discourse1591 tradit1657 to set out1695 trajecta1711 the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > impart lendOE common1340 parta1382 conveyc1386 impart1477 give1481 imprint1526 communicate1534 partake1561 impute1594 participate1598 communea1616 stamp1641 shove?a1650 conne1674 society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > convey as information conveyc1386 importc1475 conversea1616 convoy1641 articulate1861 c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Prol. 55 He wold conveyen his matiere. c1400 Romaunt Rose 2916 Whanne thyne eyen were thus in blisse..Alloone they can not have hir joye, But to the herte they conveye Part of her blisse. ?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Av He hadde good reason, suche thynges to conuaye. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 5 This Tongue was very fit to conuey the Law and the Gospel by. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxx. 177 Any influence..but such as is conveighed..from the Soveraign Authority. 1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell i. xxxi. 55 The Blessing which it was a Means of Conveighing to a great many Souls. 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. ii. 57 I am sure they convey a loud lesson. 1859 C. Barker Devel. Associative Princ. ii. 56 These..exceptions serve but to convey a deeper impression of the complete wreck. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) Pref. 7 The attempt to convey scientific conceptions without the appeal to observation. d. To communicate (ideas) by language or its equivalent; hence, to express in words (obsolete); words are also said to convey an idea or meaning. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > give expression to sayOE talkc1275 soundc1386 outc1390 shedc1420 utterc1445 conveya1568 discharge1586 vent1602 dicta1605 frame1608 voice1612 pass?1614 language1628 ventilate1637 to give venta1640 vend1657 clothe1671 to take out1692 to give mouth to1825 verbalize1840 to let out1853 vocalize1872 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > mean, signify, express [verb (transitive)] tokenc888 meaneOE sayOE bequeathc1175 signifya1382 beara1400 bemeana1400 soundc1400 designc1429 applyc1450 betoken1502 express1526 conveya1568 intend1572 carry1584 denotate1597 pronounce1610 to set out1628 implya1640 speak1645 denote1668 designate1741 describe1808 enunciate1859 read1894 a1568 R. Ascham in A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. (1576) 443 A cunningly compiled and a learnedly conveyed history. 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxiiii. 109 One heart of two, two Soules to one, by Wedlocke is conuaide. 1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. A2 There is no Act, Statute, nor Lawe so strickt conueyed, but there be straight found starting holes to auoide it. 1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 599 Means, or Signs, whereby they would Express, or Convey their Thoughts one to another. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 242 Something more is meant than what the words literally convey. 1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. (1878) xi. 213 What I say may fail utterly to convey what I mean. 1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxvi. 93 A tone which conveyed at once surprise and intensest satisfaction. 1884 Manch. Examiner 17 May 4/7 Such words..suggest, if they do not convey, the impression that the efforts..spring from motives which are open to censure. 1888 Times (Weekly ed.) 21 Dec. 13/2 Do you mean to convey it that it was known that you…? †e. reflexive. To express oneself. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > expression > [verb (reflexive)] express1549 convey1641 vent1650 to throw out1658 communicate1837 1641 W. Hakewill Libertie of Subj. 4 That I may the better convey my selfe through my Argument, and be the better conceived of you. 10. To transfer or make over (as property) to another; now only in Law, to transfer or make over by deed or legal process. absol. To make conveyance. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > transfer [verb (transitive)] assign1297 bequeathc1305 alienc1400 analy1405 releasea1425 alienate?a1475 to make over1478 convey1495 transport1523 to put over1542 dispone?1548 design1573 pass1587 to set over1594 transfer1598 abalienate1646 attorn1649 demise1670 enure1736 to will away1773 divest1790 society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [verb (transitive)] > grant by charter or deed bookOE convey1495 assure1572 reassure1592 granta1599 grant1766 deed1816 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 60 §1 The seid Hugh [shall] also be enhabled..the same londes..to convey as heire to the seid John Mayne. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xxiv, in Wks. (1662) 65 To deprive..them..of such goods, and to convey the same unto men of secular calling. 1629 Vse of Law 62 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light Lands may be conveyed six maner of wayes 1 By Feofment. 2 By Fine. 3 By Recoverie. 4 By Vse. 5 By Couenant. 6 By Will. 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. ii. §4. 21 He is said to part with his right, who either absolutely renounceth it, or conveys it to another. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 103 If a tenant in tail agrees to convey, he is bound by that agreement. 1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. ii. vi. 209 The cost of conveying a small estate is..in proportion to its value, much greater than the cost of conveying a large one. 1881 J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde ii. 30 By this charter, De Morville conveys to the blessed Mary and St. Leonard..that land where the Hospital is situated. †11. To bring down by succession, to derive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > descendant > descend [verb (transitive)] > bring down by succession conveyc1430 c1430 J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep 9 Be dissent conveyed the pedegrewe Frome the patryarke Abrahame. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 44 Hyr nobyl and royal Kynrede Conveyde from david down lyneally. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 387 The same also did convey theyr Succession from the priesthood of Aaron. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V i. ii. 74 [Hugh Capet] Conuaid himselfe as heire to the Lady Inger. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 56 a The house of Æacus, from whence by auncient descent..she was lineally conueied. †12. Thesaurus » a. To conduct (an affair); to carry on, manage; to conduct or carry out to a conclusion. b. To manage with secrecy, privacy, or craft. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > manage or administer steerc888 leadc1175 guyc1330 guidec1374 governa1382 ministera1382 treat1387 administer1395 dispose1398 skift?a1400 warda1400 solicit1429 to deal with1469 handlea1470 execute1483 convoy?a1513 conveyc1515 mayne1520 to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handa1522 keepa1535 administrate1538 solicitate1547 to dispose of1573 manure1583 carry1600 manage1609 negotiate1619 conduct1632 to carry on1638 mesnage1654 nurse1745 work1841 operate1850 run1857 stage-manage1906 ramrod1920 c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xlii. 138 She saw well that her dede shold the surelyer be conuayed. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 498/1 He convayeth his maters as wisely as any man that I knowe. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes (1564) 11 That we maie gouerne & conueigh, aswel our own priuate matters, as also the publique affaires of the common weale. 1543 R. Grafton Contin. in Chron. J. Hardyng Pref. sig. *^v When and betwene whom, warres haue befall..How the same haue been, conueighed & wrought. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear* ii. 101 I shall..conuey the businesse as I shall see meanes. View more context for this quotation a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 193 He had a secret contrivance, wherein he conveyed his exceedings above his Monasticall pittance. †c. reflexive. To conduct oneself; to behave (French se porter). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > behave or conduct oneself [verb (reflexive)] wieldOE leadc1175 bear?c1225 steera1250 to take onc1275 contain1297 to shift one's handa1300 demeanc1320 guyc1325 govern1340 keep1362 havec1390 rulec1390 guide14.. conceivea1425 maintain?a1425 maynea1425 behavec1440 disporta1450 orderc1487 use1497 handle?1529 convey1530 gesture1542 treat1568 carry1584 deport1598 bestow1606 comport1616 mienc1680 conduct1706 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 498/1 He hath convayed him selfe in his office as wysely as any man I sawe these seven yeres. †13. = carry v. (Branch II): To bear, support, sustain; reflexive to support oneself, keep or maintain oneself. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [verb (reflexive)] > sustain life convey1514 subsist1612 the world > space > relative position > support > [verb (transitive)] to bear upeOE underbearc950 bearOE holdc1000 weighc1200 to hold up1297 upholda1300 sustainc1330 undersetc1330 comforta1382 underbear1382 upbear1390 sustaina1398 upkeepc1412 carrya1425 supporta1425 chargea1500 convey1514 avoke1529 confirm1542 stay1548 to carry up1570 bolster1581 lift1590 upstay1590 atlas1593 sustent1605 statuminatea1628 firm1646 appui1656 establish1664 shoulder1674 to keep up1681 upheave1729 withhold1769 1514 Mem. Constables Tournay in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. iv. 7 What time they have paid al their duty, many a one have not a peny left to convey himself for the three months to come..What time any of the said garrison hath not mony to convey themselves and their households. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xi. 178 The pleasant dwellings which they [sc. the mountains] conuey in them. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. xiii. 276 When Sleep conveighs our Dreams. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † conveyv.² Etymology: < French convie-r (= Provençal convidar, Spanish convidar, Italian convitare), < Latin convitāre. Obsolete. rare. To invite. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > summon lathec900 hightOE clepec1000 ofclepeOE ofsendOE warna1250 callc1300 summonc1300 incalla1340 upcallc1340 summonda1400 becallc1400 ofgredec1400 require1418 assummonc1450 accitec1475 provoke1477 convey1483 mand1483 whistle1486 vocatec1494 wishc1515 to call up1530 citea1533 convent1540 convocate1542 prorogate1543 accersit1548 whistle for1560 advocatea1575 citate1581 evocate1639 demand1650 to warn in1654 summons1694 invoke1697 to send for1744 to turn up1752 requisition1800 whip1857 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 193/4 The prynce..conueyed and sommoned al the peple poure and riche to come to the dedycacion of this chyrche. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1567v.¹a1375v.²1483
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