Dictionary entry

Convey

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Con‐vey″ (kŏn‐vā″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Conveyed (–vād″); 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 floats.

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.

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

Shak.

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

7. To accompany; to convoy. Chaucer.

Syn. — To carry; transport; bear; transmit; transfer.