All 11 Uses of
convey
in
Oliver Twist
- Mr. Bumble, was at once instructed that Oliver Twist and his indentures were to be conveyed before the magistrate, for signature and approval, that very afternoon.
Chpt 3 *conveyed = transported
- As Mr. Sowerberry said this, with the becoming indignation of an ill-used man; and as Mr. Bumble felt that it rather tended to convey a reflection on the honour of the parish; the latter gentleman thought it advisable to change the subject.
Chpt 4convey = communicate or express
- The mandate was obeyed; and the indignant Mr. Brownlow was conveyed out, with the book in one hand, and the bamboo cane in the other: in a perfect phrenzy of rage and defiance.
Chpt 11conveyed = transported
- That when the Dodger, and his accomplished friend Master Bates, joined in the hue-and-cry which was raised at Oliver's heels, in consequence of their executing an illegal conveyance of Mr. Brownlow's personal property, as has been already described, they were…
Chpt 12conveyance = transport
- These words, in plain English, conveyed an injunction to ring the bell.
Chpt 15conveyed = communicated
- Little Oliver's blood ran cold, as he listened to the Jew's words, and imperfectly comprehended the dark threats conveyed in them.
Chpt 18conveyed = communicated or expressed
- The house to which Oliver had been conveyed, was in the neighborhood of Whitechapel.
Chpt 19conveyed = transported
- While it was being conveyed to her, the doctor slipped out of the room.
Chpt 31conveyed = communicated
- The first proof he experienced of the fact, was conveyed in a hollow sound, immediately succeeded by the sudden flying off of his hat to the opposite end of the room.
Chpt 37conveyed = communicated or expressed
- These arrangements completed, he was informed of the necessary signs and tokens by which to recognise the Artful Dodger, and was conveyed by Master Bates through dark and winding ways to within a very short distance of Bow Street.
Chpt 43conveyed = transported
- Any sound of men in that lonely place, even though it conveyed a real cause of alarm, was something to him.
Chpt 48 *conveyed = communicated or expressed
Definitions:
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(1)
(convey as in: convey her thoughts) communicate or express
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(2)
(convey as in: convey title to the property) to give or transfer -- especially legal title
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(3)
(convey as in: convey her safely to) transportToday, this sense of convey is seldom seen outside of historic literature.
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely (and then probably in classic literature), conveyance can refer to a carriage or other means of transportation.