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Distinction by contrast. That there are such things as sins of infirmity in contradistinction to those of presumption is not to be questioned. South.

having the quality of contradistinction; distinguishing by contrast. -- Con`tra*dis*tinc"tive, n.

ome; to subdue or master. [Obs.] His two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail so convince That memory, the warder of the brain, Shall be a fume. Shak.

Act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction. [R.] The fear of a convincement. Milton.

One who, or that which, convinces; one who wins over by proof.

Capable of being convinced or won over.

in a convincing manner; in a manner to compel assent.

The power of convincing, or the quality of being convincing.

A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey. [Colloq.] Hudibras.

A twist; a whimsey or whim. [Colloq.]

To paint. [Obs.] Spenser.

To divest of provincial quality or characteristics.

The act or process of freeing from zinc; also, the condition resulting from the removal of zinc.

To deprive of, or free from, zinc.

Ungirded; loosely dressed. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

To liberate from prison. [R.] Harvey.

The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition. Disappointment gave him a disinclination to the fair sex. Arbuthnot. Having a disinclination to books or business. Guardian.

To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate. Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or affection to the Queen. Clarendon. To social scenes by nature disinclined. Cowper.

To free from being inclosed.

Separated from, or not included in, a corporation; disincorporated. Bacon.