(~s, convincing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If someone or something ~s you of something, they make you believe that it is true or that it exists.
Although I soon ~d him of my innocence, I think he still has serious doubts about my sanity...
The waste disposal industry is finding it difficult to ~ the public that its operations are safe.
VERB: V n of n, V n that
2.
If someone or something ~s you to do something, they persuade you to do it. (mainly AM)
That weekend in Plattsburgh, he ~d her to go ahead and marry Bud.
= persuade
VERB: V n to-inf