This word was often pronounced con-vex' by early writers, as by Milton, and occasionally by later poets.
Convexed
(Con"vexed) a. Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form. Sir T. Browne.
Convexedly
(Con*vex"ed*ly) adv. In a convex form; convexly. Sir T. Browne.
Convexedness
(Con*vex"ed*ness), n. Convexity.
Convexity
(Con*vex"i*ty) n.; pl. Convexities [L. convexitas: cf. F. convexité.] The state of being convex; the
exterior surface of a convex body; roundness.
A smooth, uniform convexity and rotundity of a globe.
Bentley.
Convexly
(Con"vex*ly) adv. In a convex form; as, a body convexly shaped.
Convexness
(Con"vex*ness), n. The state of being convex; convexity.
Convexo-concave
(Con*vex"o-con"cave) a. Convex on one side, and concave on the other. The curves
of the convex and concave sides may be alike or may be different. See Meniscus.
Convexo-convex
(Con*vex"o-con"vex) a. Convex on both sides; double convex. See under Convex, a.
Convexo-plane
(Con*vex"o-plane`) a. Convex on one side, and flat on the other; plano- convex.
Convey
(Con*vey") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conveyed (- vad"); 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 floats.
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; transfer.
