All 7 Uses of
convey
in
Dracula
- I was now myself looking out for the conveyance which was to take me to the Count.
Chpt 1 (definition 1)conveyance = transport (a carriage)
- Bless that good, good woman who hung the crucifix round my neck! For it is a comfort and a strength to me whenever I touch it. It is odd that a thing which I have been taught to regard with disfavour and as idolatrous should in a time of loneliness and trouble be of help. Is it that there is something in the essence of the thing itself, or that it is a medium, a tangible help, in conveying memories of sympathy and comfort?
Chpt 3 (definition 2)conveying = communicating or expressing
- As our client wishes the delivery made as soon as possible, we shall be obliged by your having teams ready at King's Cross at the time named and forthwith conveying the goods to destination.
Chpt 8 (definition 1) *conveying = transporting
- He wishes me to convey his love, and to say that by this post I write for him to Mr. Peter Hawkins, Exeter, to say, with his dutiful respects, that he is sorry for his delay, and that all of his work is completed.
Chpt 8 (definition 2)convey = communicate or express
- It did not convey much to me, until I reached a passage where it described small puncture wounds on their throats.
Chpt 14 (definition 2) *convey = communicate
- It conveyed irresistibly the idea that life, animal life, was not the only thing which could pass away.
Chpt 15 (definition 2)conveyed = communicated or expressed
- It was startlingly like the image conveyed to me in Dr. Seward's diary of the opening of Miss Westenra's tomb, I fancy that the same idea seemed to strike the others, for with one accord they shrank back.
Chpt 19 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (convey as in: convey her safely to) transporteditor's notes: Today, this sense of convey is seldom seen outside of historic literature.
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(2) (convey as in: convey her thoughts) communicate or express