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.
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Con*vey", v. i.
To play the thief; to steal.
[Cant]
But as I am Crack, I will convey, crossbite, and cheat upon Simplicius.
Marston.
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