convey

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English conveien, from Old French conveier (French convoyer), from Vulgar Latin *convio, from Classical Latin via (“way”). Compare convoy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kənˈveɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ === Verb === convey (third-person singular simple present conveys, present participle conveying, simple past and past participle conveyed) To move (something) from one place to another. (dated) To take or carry (someone) from one place to another. To communicate; to make known; to portray. (law) To transfer legal rights (to). (obsolete) To manage with privacy; to carry out. 1557, uncredited translator, A Mery Dialogue by Erasmus, London: Antony Kytson,[4] I shall so conuey my matters, that he shall dysclose all together hym selfe, what busynesse is betwene you […] (obsolete) To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve. ==== Synonyms ==== (to move something from one place to another): carry, transport, port (to take someone from one place to another): accompany, conduct (archaic), escort (to communicate a message): express, send, relay, impart ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== convoy ==== Translations ====