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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Convey \Con*vey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conveyed}; p. pr & vb n. {Conveying}.] [OF. conveir convoier to escort, convoy, F. convoyer, LL conviare fr L. con- + via way See {Viaduct}, {Voyage}, and cf {Convoy}.] 1. To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport. I will convey them by sea in fleats. --1 Kings v. 9. Convey me to my bed, then to my grave. --Shak. 2. To cause to pass from one place or person to another; to serve as a medium in carrying anything from one place or person to another; to transmit; as air conveys sound; words convey ideas. 3. To transfer or deliver to another; to make over as property; more strictly (Law), to transfer (real estate) or pass (a title to real estate) by a sealed writing. The Earl of Desmond . . . secretly conveyed all his lands to feoffees in trust. --Spenser. 4. To impart or communicate; as to convey an impression; to convey information. Men fill one another's heads with noise and sound, but convey not thereby their thoughts. --Locke. 5. To manage with privacy; to carry out [Obs.] I . . . will convey the business as I shall find means --Shak. 6. To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve. [Obs.] 7. To accompany; to convoy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Syn: To carry; transport; bear; transmit; trnsfer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: conveyed adj : sent or carried from one place to another; "during battle, messages conveyed by carrier pigeon got through more often than those sent by plane"
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