convey

UK /kənˈveɪ/ US /kənˈveɪ/
verb 5

Definitions

verb

1

To move (something) from one place to another.

Air conveys sound. Water is conveyed through the pipe.

[…] I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there […]

2

To take or carry (someone) from one place to another.

Convey me to my bed, then to my grave: Love they to live that love and honour have.

[…] the false Tyrant seiz’d the Princely Maid, And to a Lodge in distant Woods convey’d;

3

To communicate; to make known; to portray.

to convey an impression; to convey information

To make Words serviceable to the end of Communication is necessary […] that they excite, in the Hearer, exactly the same Idea they stand for, in the Mind of the Speaker: Without this, Men fill one another’s Heads with noise and sounds; but convey not thereby their Thoughts, and lay not before one another their Ideas, which is the end of Discourse and Language.

4

To transfer legal rights (to).

He conveyed ownership of the company to his daughter.

The refrigerator, washer, and dryer do not convey unless it's specifically laid out in the contract.

5

To manage with privacy; to carry out.

1557, uncredited translator, A Mery Dialogue by Erasmus, London: Antony Kytson, I shall so conuey my matters, that he shall dysclose all together hym selfe, what busynesse is betwene you […]

I will seek him, sir, presently; convey the business as I shall find means, and acquaint you withal.

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