convey

convey
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. t. bear, carry, transport; transmit, impart, communicate; transfer, grant, cede, will. See information, transportation.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
1. [To transport]
Syn. carry, bear, dispatch, move; see carry 1 , send 1 .
2. [To transmit]
Syn. pass on, communicate, conduct; see carry 2 , communicate 1 , send 4 .
See Synonym Study at carry .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
1. transport carry, conduct, transfer, bring, send, move, transmit, forward, deliver, bear, haul.
2. communicate tell, relate, pass along, disclose, reveal, send.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To cause to come along with oneself: bear, bring, carry, fetch, take, transport. See ACCOMPANIED. 2. To move while supporting: bear, carry, lug2, transport. Informal: tote. Slang: schlep. See OVER. 3. To cause to be transferred from one to another: hand (over), pass, transmit. See GIVE. 4. To serve as a conduit: carry, channel, conduct, transmit. See ALLOW. 5. To cause (a disease) to pass to another or others: carry, communicate, give, pass, spread, transmit. See MOVE. 6. To make known: break, carry, communicate, disclose, get across, impart, pass, report, tell, transmit. See KNOWLEDGE. 7. To put into words: articulate, communicate, declare, express, say, state, talk, tell, utter1, vent, verbalize, vocalize, voice. Idiom: give tongue (or vent or voice) to. See WORDS. 8. To give expression to, as by gestures, facial aspects, or bodily posture: communicate, display, express, manifest. See SHOW. 9. Law. To change the ownership of (property) by means of a legal document: cede, deed, grant, make over, sign over. Law: alien, alienate, assign, transfer. See GIVE, LAW.

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  • convey — 1 transport, *carry, transmit, bear Analogous words: *move, remove, shift, transfer: take, fetch, *bring 2 *transfer, deed, alienate Analogous words: consign, *commit, relegate …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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