a. [f. L. convict- ppl. stem of convincĕre (see CONVINCE) + -IVE.] Having the power of producing conviction.
1612–5. Bp. Hall, Contempl. N. T., IV. xvi. The convictive answer of Christ is by way of parable.
1666. Tillotson, Rule of Faith, II. v. To shew that the scripture is not convictive of the most obstinate and acute adversaries.
1702. C. Mather, Magn. Chr., VI. vii. (1852), 456. Her confession was attended with such convictive circumstances, that it could not be slighted.
1737. L. Clarke, Hist. Bible (1740), II. iv. 70. Convictive of their malicious design upon him.
1856. Mrs. Browning, Aur. Leigh, VII. 306. Convictive as a marriage ring Before adulterous eyes.
Hence Convictively adv., Convictiveness.
1653. H. More, Antid. Ath., III. v. (1712), 98. The Convictiveness of these Narrations. Ibid. (1664), Exp. Seven Epistles, 141. The truth of the Gospel had clearly shined … so convictively.
1677. Gale, Crt. Gentiles, III. 123. Rationally, solidly, and convictively solved by Bradwardine.
1702. C. Mather, Magn. Chr. The public judgments have sometimes very convictively intimated the sins and faults for which [etc.].
