All 7 Uses
convey
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- I had no idea what it was that Mr. Mompellionwas trying to convey to the old man.†
Chpt 15 *convey = communicate or express
- To cover my confusion, I blurted out what I had hoped to convey with care.†
Chpt 1
- Put it into whatever words you like, but convey to Miss Bradford that I will not see her, and get her from this house.†
Chpt 1
- Through ragged gulps, I conveyed the gravity of Mr. Viccars's condition.†
Chpt 2
- I said I would have Maggie at my cottage if could bespeak some more suitable conveyance to bring her there.†
Chpt 8
- As Mr. Mompellion mounted Anteros to return to the rectory, I set off on foot in the other direction, to the Miner's Tavern, to see if their horse-trap might be had, for her conveyance the next day.†
Chpt 8
- The flock I would give to Mary Hadfield in exchange for her older mule, which would do to convey us from the village—to where, I did not rightly know.†
Chpt 15
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) Much more rarely (and then probably in classic literature), conveyance can refer to a carriage or other means of transportation.