Definition of: convict

(kən·vikt′) v.t.
1. To prove guilty; find guilty after a judicial trial.
2. To awaken to a sense of sin. See synonyms under CONDEMN.
—adjective Obs. Proved guilty.
—noun (kon′vikt) One found guilty of or undergoing punishment for crime; a criminal. [<L convictus, pp. of convincere. See CONVINCE.]
—con·vic′tive adjective