1. (v. t.) To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master.
2. (v. t.) To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof.
3. (v. t.) To confute; to prove the fallacy of.
4. (v. t.) To prove guilty; to convict.
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